Summary Andy Murra beat Benjamin Becker 6-4, 7-6 (3) to reach the semifinals at Queen's Club.
LONDON (AP) - Two-time former champion Andy Murray reached the semifinals at Queen s Club after overcoming a solid challenge from Benjamin Becker of Germany to win 6-4, 7-6 (3) on Friday.
The top-seeded Briton served eight aces without committing a double-fault, and broke twice in each set. He also dropped serve three times in the match, but dominated the tiebreaker by winning the first six points.
Murray will play fourth-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in a repeat of the 2011 final. The Frenchman ended the run of 112th-ranked American Denis Kudla, winning 6-3, 6-2.
Kudla was facing only the second top-10 opponent of his career. A break to lead 2-0 set Tsonga on his way to, and he broke twice in the second set to close out the match in just 53 minutes.
"It will be a big step up and also a really big test for me because he s been playing some great tennis the last couple of months," Murray said of Tsonga. "He s one of the best in the world on this surface. I have had some tough matches with him on grass before, so tomorrow will be the same."
The second semifinal will be between defending champion Marin Cilic and four-time winner Lleyton Hewitt.
The fifth-seeded Cilic beat No. 2 Tomas Berdych 7-5, 7-6 (4), and Hewitt reached his first semifinal in 11 months by upsetting No. 3 Juan Martin del Potro 6-2, 2-6, 6-2.
Hewitt took a 4-2 lead with a backhand winner after del Potro struck consecutive double-faults, and hit a backhand volley to break again for the set.
Del Potro sped to a 4-0 lead in winning the second set. In the decider, Hewitt broke del Potro at love to earn a 3-1 lead and broke again at 5-2 with a volley winner.
Cilic was under pressure in both sets. He faced a break point at 4-4 but Berdych netted his return, and Cilic failed to convert two set points at 5-4 before Berdych made a forehand error on a third break point at 6-5.
In the second set, Berdych held one break point at 2-2 and another at 4-4, but Cilic once again held off the threat before claiming victory in the tiebreaker.
