Tenth-seeded Fernando Gonzalez of Chile has ousted No. 2 Rafael Nadal of Spain to advance to a semifinal matchup against Germany's Tommy Haas at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne.
Gonzalez defeated Nadal, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 on Wednesday, just one day after the Spaniard barely survived in a five-set match against Andy Murray of Scotland. Gonzalez took advantage of his strong serve and ripped 41 winners with only 16 unforced errors.
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He will be in his first Grand Slam semifinal Friday in the match against Haas. The German saved a match point before upsetting third-seeded Russian Nikolay Davydenko in five-sets (6-3, 2-6, 1-6, 6-1, 7-5).
In the women's draw, fourth-seeded Kim Clijsters rebounded from a loss in the first set to beat No. 6 Martina Hingis of Switzerland, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 and advance to the women's semifinals on Thursday.
There she will meet top-seeded Maria Sharapova, who made it to the final four for the third straight year with a 7-6, 7-5 win over 12 seeded fellow-Russian Anna Chakvetadze.
In the other women's semifinal Thursday, unseeded Serena Williams of the United States takes on No. 10 Nicole Vaidisova of the Czech Republic for a place in the final.
In the first men's semifinal matchup, world No. 1 and top-seed Roger Federer Switzerland takes on No. 6 Andy Roddick of the United States.
Some information for this report provided by AP.