Chang, Courier In Semis

Top-seeded and defending champion Michael Chang beat Denmark’s Kenneth Carlsen 6-3, 6-2 to set up a semifinal clash with fellow American Jim Courier, who is seeded third, in the $328,000 Salem Open.

Courier, who beat Chang in the Japan Open semifinal last week on his way to winning the title, recovered from a first-set deficit to beat sixth-seeded Russian Alexander Volkov 5-7, 6-2, 6-3.

Unseeded Jan Apell of Sweden upset second-seeded South African Wayne Ferreira and will oppose compatriot Jonas Bjorkman in the other semi.