DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Second-seeded Stan Wawrinka set up a semifinal with unseeded Nick Kyrgios by beating eighth-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-5, 6-1 Thursday at the Dubai Tennis Championships.
Kyrgios, who is making his debut at the Dubai tournament, advanced by beating third-seeded Tomas Berdych 6-4, 6-4 despite having to have treatment on his back in the first set.
Kyrgios also beat Berdych en route to winning his first career title at Marseilles last week. The two played at the Australian Open last month, with Berdych winning.
Unseeded Marcos Baghdatis set up a potential semifinal match with Novak Djokovic by beating fourth-seeded
Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain 7-5, 6-0.