By Dmitriy Rogovitskiy
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – World number 14 Marin Cilic is through to the semi-finals of the Kremlin Cup after the Croat easily beat Russia’s Andrei Kuznetsov 6-2 6-1 on Friday.
He will face another Russian, Evgeny Donskoy, in the last four after the 25-year-old overcame his Davis Cup team mate Teymuraz Gabashvili 6-3 6-2.
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Evgeny Donskoy of Russia lunges for the ball from Marin Cilic of Croatia during their second round match at the U.S. Open Championships tennis tournament in New York, September 2, 2015. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
The other semi-final will see Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber in action against Roberto Bautista of Spain.
Kohlschreiber beat Robin Haase 6-2 6-4 while Bautista was victorious against Lucas Pouille 6-4 6-2.
In the women’s draw, defending champion Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova came from a set down to beat fellow Russian Daria Kasatkina 2-6 6-2 6-4 and move through to the final.
She will meet another Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova after the 30-year-old overcame Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine in straight sets.
(Reporting By Dmitriy Rogovitskiy, editing by Mark Meadows)
