Federer sails into last four

Cilic and Muller set up Queen’s Club semifinal clash

Powering through: Marin Cilic breezed past Donald Young at the Aegon Championships

Roger Federer progressed into the semifinals of the Gerry Weber Open here with a 6-3, 6-4 win over defending champion Florian Mayer here on Friday.

Richard Gasquet defeated Robin Haase 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 while Karen Khachanov got past Andrey Rublev with a 7-6(8), 4-6, 6-3 in other quarterfinal matches.

Marin Cilic set up a semifinal clash with Gilles Muller at the Queen’s Club tournament in London, powering to 6-4, 7-5 victory over Donald Young.

The champion in 2012, Cilic is the highest ranked player left in the draw following the shock exits of Andy Murray, Stan Wawrinka and Milos Raonic.

The World No.7 has yet to drop a set in three matches en route to his fourth semifinal appearance at the Wimbledon warm-up event in west London.

Cilic, who also finished runner-up here in 2013, was pushed hard by Young, but the former US Open champion fired 11 aces to see off the American World No. 55 in one hour and 26 minutes.

“I’m playing really well this week. I’m feeling great on the court,” said Cilic, who is chasing his second ATP title this year.

Muller went through to his first Queen’s semifinal after defeating 2010 champion Sam Querrey 6-4, 7-6(5). The results:

At London: Aegon Championships:

Quarterfinals: Gilles Muller bt Sam Querrey 6-4, 7-6(5); Marin Cilic bt Donald Young 6-4, 7-5. Second round: Feliciano Lopez bt Jeremy Chardy 6-1, 7-6(4).

At Halle: Gerry Weber Open: Quarterfinals: Roger Federer bt Florian Mayer 6-3, 6-4; Richard Gasquet bt Robin Haase 6-1, 3-6, 6-1; Karen Khachanov bt Andrey Rublev 7-6(8), 4-6, 6-3. Second round: Federer bt Mischa Zverev 7-6(4), 6-4.

At Birmingham: Aegon Classic: Quarterfinals: Lucie Safarova bt Daria Gavrilova 6-7 (4), 6-3, 7-6 (5); Petra Kvitova bt Kristina Mladenovic 6-4, 7-6(5). Doubles Quarterfinals: Sania Mirza & CoCo Wandeweghe w/o Lucie Safarova & Barbora Strycova.

At Mallorca:

Mallorca Open: Quarterfinals: Catherine Bellis bt Kristyna Pliskova 6-3, 6-2; Anastasija Sevastova bt Ana Konjuh 7-5, 1-6, 7-6(5). Second round: Konjuh bt Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 6-3 .