Wimbledon semi-finalist Milos Raonic advanced to a last-four clash with Donald Young after both won Friday matches at the ATP and WTA Washington Open.
Canadian second seed Raonic fired 16 aces with only a pair of double faults to defeat American Steve Johnson 7-6 (7-2) 6-2 while Young, on his best run in three years, outlasted South African seventh seed Kevin Anderson 3-6 7-6 (7-3) 6-2.
In the women's draw, Japan's Kurumi Nara defeated France's Kristina Mladenovic 6-3 6-1 to reach a semi-final against New Zealand's Marina Erakovic, who beat Serbian Bojana Jovanovski 6-4 6-4.
Russian sixth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova, the 2004 US Open and 2009 French Open champion, won by walkover when American Vania King withdrew with a right hip injury.
Kuznetsova, who made her first WTA final since 2011 just four months ago at Oeiras, has a semi-final date with Russian second seed Ekaterina Makarova, who ousted fifth-seeded compatriot Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-6 (7-3) 6-3.
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