Berdych advances in Stockholm Open

Defending champion Tomas Berdych advanced to the semifinals of the Stockholm Open after a straight-sets victory over Grigor Dimitrov on Friday. The top-seeded Berdych beat Bulgaria’s Dimitrov 7-5, 6-4 in a repeat of last year’s final.

He next faces Marcos Baghdatis, who needed three sets to overcome the eighth-seeded Gilles Muller, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3.

Second-seeded Richard Gasquet came from one set down to beat Jeremy Chardy 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4).

Erste Bank Open: At Vienna, top-seeded David Ferrer eased past Fabio Fognini of Italy 6-4, 6-2 to reach his eighth semifinal of the season. Ferrer will play sixth-seeded Gael Monfils for a place in Sunday’s final, while Steve Johnson of the United States and Ernests Gulbis of Latvia will contest the other semifinal.

Kremlin Cup: At Moscow, two-time Grand Slam winner Svetlana Kuznetsova will face reigning champion Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in an all-Russian final after both won their semifinals.

Hall of Fame: Justine Henin and Marat Safin, who each won multiple Grand Slam titles and reached a No. 1 ranking, were nominated for the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Others eligible for the Class of 2016 are doubles specialist Helena Sukova, Yvon Petra and Margaret Scriven. Induction is in July.

ODDS AND ENDS

Soccer: Jerome Champagne, a French former diplomat who served Sepp Blatter for 11 years before being forced out of FIFA in 2010 in a power struggle that pitted the now-suspended president against rivals including Michel Platini, is the newest presidential contender, he told the AP Friday.

Skiing: Lindsey Vonn will skip today’s first race of the Alpine skiing season because she doesn’t feel confident about the icy conditions on the race hill in Soelden, Austria, 10 weeks after fracturing an ankle bone.