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Gonzalez in last four

Mary Pierce faces knee surgery

Basel: Holder Fernando Gonzalez profited from a late-match temper tantrum from untried teenager Juan Del Potro to claim a 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 victory to march into the semifinals of the Swiss Indoors open tennis on Friday.

The results: At Basel (Swiss Indoors): Quarterfinals: Fernando Gonzalez bt Juan Del Potro 5-7, 6-4, 6-4. Second round: David Nalbandian bt Feliciano Lopez 6-7(4), 6-3, 7-6(9); Roger Federer bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-2, 6-0; David Ferrer bt Jiri Novak 2-6, 6-3, 6-3; Stanislas Wawrinka, bt Tim Henman 2-6, 7-6(4), 6-4; Paradorn Srichaphan bt Juan Ignacio Chela 6-4, 6-3.

At St. Petersburg (ATP St. Petersburg Open): Quarterfinals: Thomas Johansson bt Wesley Moodie 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Ernest Gulbis bt Jan Hernych 7-6(6), 6-7(4), 6-2. At Lyon (Grand Prix de Tennis): Second round: Richard Gasquet bt Dick Norman (Belgium) 6-3, 6-4; Arnaud Clement bt Michael Llodra 2-6, 6-1, 7-6(2); Sebastien Grosjean bt Cyril Saulnier 7-6(5), 6-2; Xavier Malisse bt Julien Benneteau 6-2, 7-6(5).

At Linz (Linz WTA tennis open): Second round: Vera Zvonareva bt Mary Pierce 4-6, 6-6, retired; Patty Schnyder bt Nathalie Dechy 6-7(1), 6-4, 6-3; Maria Sharapova bt Eleni Daniilidou 7-5, 6-1.

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