Miscellany

Second-seeded Sinjin Smith and Randy Stoklos held off an opening-game scare against 34th-seeded Rick Arce and Ali Tazerouni and won, 15-14, 15-5, 15-9, to advance to the semifinals of the San Diego Open.

Karch Kiraly and Kent Steffes, top-seeded and looking for their third consecutive title, hardly broke a sweat en route to 15-2, 15-9, 15-3 victories.

Kiraly and Steffes will meet 20th-seeded Brian Gatzke and Jeff Rodgers, upset winners over fifth-seeded Brent Frohoff and Mike Whitmarsh.

Smith and Stoklos will meet sixth-seeded Brian Lewis and Pat Powers in the other semifinal.