Tennis

Mary Joe Fernandez made it to the final of the Beckenham grass court tournament when fellow American Pam Shriver pulled out of their semifinal match in the second set with a shoulder injury.

Third-seed Helena Sukova advanced to the final with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Mana Endo of Japan.

In the men’s singles, top-seeded Ivan Lendl defeated ninth-seeded Patrick Kuhnen of Germany, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4), to advance to a semifinal match with fourth-seeded South African Christo Van Rensburg, who defeated fifth-seeded Shuzo Matsuoka, 6-3, 6-2.

David Wheaton will play Brad Gilbert in the other semifinal after defeating unseeded South African Robbie Koenig, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4). Gilbert ousted Britain’s Jeremy Bates, 6-2, 7-5, to reach the semifinal.