Latest from Queens… Marin Cilic, the defending champion, defeated the #2 seed Tomas Berdych 7-5, 7-6(4) to reach the semifinals.
Cilic, who won the title last year when David Nalbandian defaulted by kicking a line judge, faced a break point at 4-4 in the first set. Berdych dumped the return in the net, followed by Cilic failing to convert a brace of set points at 5-4 before Berdych made a forehand error on a third breakpoint at 6-5.
In the second set, Berdych had break points at 2-2 and another at 4-4. But Cilic once again held off the threat before claiming victory in the tiebreaker.
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