Querrey in semis

Back to you: Sam Querrey returns a ball from Kevin Anderson in their quarter-final final match during the Washington Open on Friday. —EPA

WASHINGTON: Top seed Mardy Fish reached his first semi-final of the season with a 6-3, 6-4 defeat of Belgian Xavier Malisse in a battle of veterans at the joint ATP-WTA event here on Friday.

The American has only been playing a month since recovering from a heart-scare with his irregular beat which was repaired through a medical procedure in May.