Fourth-seeded Fernando Verdasco beat Donald Young Jr. 7-6 (1), 6-1 on Friday in the quarter-finals of the US Men's Clay Court Championships.
Verdasco, from Spain, will face Santiago Giraldo in the semi-finals on Saturday. Giraldo beat Colombian compatriot Alejandro Gonzalez 6-3, 6-4.

Sam Querrey beat Dustin Brown 6-3, 6-7 (8), 6-3 to set up a semifinal against third-seeded Nicolas Almagro, a 6-2, 6-4 winner over Jack Sock.

In the doubles semi-finals, top-seeded Bob and Mike Bryan beat Chris Guccione and Lleyton Hewitt 7-5, 6-3, and Verdasco and David Marrero topped Giraldo and Gonzalez 6-4, 6-2.