Croatia's Marin Cilic advanced to the semi-finals of the Marseille ATP tournament on Friday by ousting second seed Tomas Berdych of the Czech Repubic in straight sets.
The 28th-ranked Cilic dominated the duel between the two big servers to come through 6-3, 6-4 winner for the first time in three meetings with the top ten ranked Berdych, who was making his return after withdrawing from Rotterdam last week with flu.
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The Croat will next meet the winner of the tie between home hope Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and third seed Mikhail Youzhny later Friday, with top seed Robin Soderling of Sweden up against eighth-seeded Frenchman Michael Llodra.
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