Eight-seeded Horacio Zeballos of Argentina and Ukrainian qualifier Sergiy Stakhovsky advanced to the semifinals of the St. Petersburg Open with straight-set victories Friday.
Stakhovsky beat German veteran Bjorn Phau 6-2, 7-5, and Zeballos reached his first career ATP tour semifinal by beating Ernests Gulbis of Latvia 7-6 (8), 6-4.
Playing in his only fourth ATP event, the 54th-ranked Zeballos broke his opponent in the third game of the second set and served a winner to close the match.
The 93rd-ranked Stakhovsky broke three times in the first set and once in the second set to reach his second career semifinal. He will play either Marat Safin of Russia or Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan.
Also Friday, second-seeded Victor Hanescu of Romania was scheduled to play Igor Kunitsyn of Russia.
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