Eighth-seeded Donald Young knew what to expect from a player he's often practiced against. That made it easier pulling off the upset over top-seeded Steve Johnson. Young beat fellow American Johnson in the quarterfinals of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships Friday, 6-2, 6-3. "I played well. Stevie, we know each other well and we train a lot in the off-season and practice throughout the year, so there's no mysteries there," the 26-year-old Young said. "I know how to beat him. You're going to have to play well, so I knew exactly what I had to do, and fortunately I was able to do it." Young saved all five break points in the match. In other quarterfinal play, second-seeded Ivo Karlovic of Croatia reached his third consecutive semifinals on Newport's grass courts, beating Switzerland's Marco Chiudinelli 6-3, 6-4. The 37-year-old Karlovic said the hot, humid day with an abundance of sunshine made it tough. He was glad his match didn't last long. "It was real difficult. It was hot today," the 6-foot-11 Karlovic said. "Last month I was in Europe and England and it was cool and almost cold, and this week earlier was cool, so today was pretty difficult. I was struggling a little there, but I was lucky that it was all done in two sets. The way I was playing, I'm pretty happy with that." Karlovic served 16 aces and won 84 percent of his first-serve points. In another quarterfinal match, third-seeded Gilles Muller of Luxembourg rallied past France's Adrian Mannarino, the No. 6 seed, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2. Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus advanced to the semifinals Thursday. Ferrer, Verdasco in semis Third-seeded Albert Ramos-Vinolas reached his second semifinals of the year and prevented Andrea Arnaboldi from his first career semis in a 5-7, 7-5, 6-0 win at the Swedish Open Friday. The Spaniard, still seeking his first ATP title, next faces countryman and top seed David Ferrer, who beat Dustin Brown of Germany 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 a fourth straight time. Another Spaniard, fifth-seeded Fernando Verdasco, eased past Facundo Bagnis of Argentina 6-2, 6-1. Verdasco, the 2013 runner-up, was upbeat. He will meet first-time ATP semifinalist Gastao Elias, who defeated second-seeded Joao Sousa 6-2, 6-2 for the first time on tour in an all-Portuguese quarterfinal. Elias broke Sousa five times. Halep wins, Errani loses Top-seeded Simona Halep swept past sixth-seeded Danka Kovinic of Montenegro 6-4, 6-2 to reach the Bucharest Open semifinals Friday. Halep faces Vania King of the US next. King defeated Pauline Parmentier of France 6-3, 6-1, saving all 12 break points she faced. No. 2 Sara Errani was knocked out by No. 7 Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia 7-6 (4), 6-3 despite landing 96 percent of her first serves. Sevastova will face fourth-seeded Laura Siegemund of Germany for a spot in the final. Siegemund beat Polona Hercog of Slovenia 6-2, 6-1. Kohlschreiber beaten Renzo Olivo saved two match points and went on to stun top-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber 1-6, 6-0, 7-5 in the German Open quarterfinals Friday. Olivo rallied to win saving two match points in the ninth game of the final set as Kohlschreiber was serving for the match at 5-3. Third-seeded Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay defeated Paul-Henri Mathieu 7-6 (7), 6-1 in a repeat of the 2009 semifinal that was won by Mathieu. Stephane Robert of France beat eighth-seeded Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3. His semifinal opponent will be seventh-seeded Martin Klizan of Slovakia, who beat Daniel Gimeno-Traver of Spain 6-4, 6-3.
