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Del Potro beats Chardy, reaches Cincinnati semis

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Del Potro beats Chardy, reaches Cincinnati semisJuan Martin del Potro, of Argentina, returns a volley to Jeremy Chardy, of France, during a match at the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament, Friday Aug. 17, 2012, in Mason, Ohio. (AP Photo/Tom Uhlman)(Credit: AP)

MASON, Ohio (AP) — Juan Martin del Potro advanced in straight sets to the semifinals of the Western & Southern Open, which was still catching up from the rain.

Del Potro beat France’s Jeremy Chardy 6-1, 6-3 in the opening match Friday morning, reaching the tournament’s semifinals for the first time. He won the bronze medal at the Olympics in London, then was knocked out in the first round of the Rogers Cup in Toronto last week.

He got Chardy on the defensive right away and didn’t give him a chance to get into the match. Chardy survived 13 break points, including three match points, before losing on a long return.

Chardy got into the tournament as an injury replacement for John Isner, who has a sore back. He beat Andy Roddick and Andy Murray, becoming the first injury replacement to reach the quarterfinals of an ATP tournament this season.

Rain interfered with two singles matches Thursday night.

Sixth-seeded Caroline Wozniacki was down a set to Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova when the rains came. Pavlyuchenkova finished off a 6-4, 6-4 win Friday, then had eight hours to rest before playing a quarterfinal match against fourth-seeded Petra Kvitova.

No. 9 Li Na’s match against Sweden’s Johanna Larsson was postponed before they could take the court Thursday night. Li needed only 64 minutes to win 6-2, 6-2 on Friday morning, leaving her less than seven hours to get ready for her quarterfinal match against top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland.

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