This update includes this late match from yesterday:

• Marcos Baghdatis CYP def. Ivan Ljubicic CRO (7)

This update does not include this late match from today:

• Roger Federer SUI (1) vs. Nikolay Davydenko RUS (5)

• Overall Standings
• Men's Draw Standings
• Women's Draw Standings

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Overall standings

Bill Walsh maintains a two-point lead! Bill lost a point with Ljubicic in the match held over from yesterday, but so did his closest pursuers.

Rank	Contestant	Total score
1.	Bill Walsh	43 (18,25)
2.	Memo	41 (16,25)
3.	Larry Yonce	41 (16,25)
4.	J. Stewart	41 (21,20)
5.	Tony Fales	40 (17,23)
	Amelie's Shorts	40 (17,23)
7.	Babak Hejazi	40 (15,25)
8.	Gavin Hotchin	40 (14,26)
9.	Yoonho Ji	39 (16,23)
	Barbara&David	39 (16,23)
	Anthony Ellis	39 (14,25)
12.	Ed Toombs	38 (18,20)
13.	Peter Smyth	38 (15,23)
14.	Andrew McCarthy	38 (17,21)
15.	Elizabeth Ashbury	37 (14,23)
16.	Chris Gerby	37 (13,24)
17.	Jeff Tagen	37 (16,21)
18.	Eric Goll	37 (15,22)
19.	Gary Ellis	37 (17,20)
20.	Patrick van der Zee	36 (14,22)
21.	Sarah Halsted	36 (16,20)
22.	Tim Wilson	36 (15,21)
23.	Daisy Aye	36 (13,23)
24.	Maydoosa	36 (16,20)
25.	Julio Morales	36 (14,22)
26.	Frederick Warburg	36 (19,17)
27.	Joeri Kester	35 (13,22)
28.	Michael Mungin	35 (15,20)
	Jack Cunniff	35 (13,22)
30.	Steve Gocha	35 (12,23)
31.	Mark Wolbers	35 (15,20)
32.	k i r i n	35 (15,20)
33.	Chi-Wai Lui	35 (14,21)
34.	Manuel Halkias	35 (17,18)
35.	Art Vaughn	35 (17,18)
36.	Alex Macpherson	34 (13,21)
37.	Javier Camacho	34 (15,19)
38.	Mike Cecilio	34 (17,17)
39.	Stephen Spainhour	34 (13,21)
40.	Rich Glenn	34 (13,21)
41.	Marcel Stok	34 (14,20)
42.	Bounces	34 (14,20)
43.	Colin Strudwick	34 (16,18)
44.	Peter Versteege	34 (16,18)
45.	Fredrik Norström	34 (16,18)
46.	Cian O'Reilly	34 (16,18)
47.	Jacqueline "JD" Dupree	33 (12,21)
48.	Ed Zafian	33 (11,22)
49.	Martin McLean	33 (14,19)
50.	Michael Grundy	33 (14,19)
51.	Lawrence Toombs	33 (14,19)
52.	Andy Smith	33 (17,16)
53.	Dirk van Panhuis	33 (12,21)
54.	Paul Peach	33 (16,17)
55.	Sanjeev Bordoloi	33 (12,21)
56.	Tom Brozo	33 (13,20)
57.	Lindsay Brown	33 (12,21)
58.	Dennis Uenk	33 (14,19)
59.	Michiel Vestjens	32 (14,18)
60.	Mark Langley	32 (11,21)
61.	Samuel Burton	32 (13,19)
62.	Michal Swiderski	32 (13,19)
63.	Heather Ryde	32 (14,18)
64.	Erwin van Oorspronk	32 (13,19)
65.	Andrew Peglau	32 (14,18)
66.	Alison Dura	31 (10,21)
67.	Granger Huntress	31 (11,20)
68.	Emily Dura	31 (10,21)
69.	Paddy M	31 (12,19)
70.	Charo Molinari	30 (16,14)
71.	Jeff Sikes	30 (13,17)
72.	Will Johnson	30 (12,18)
73.	Mark Zuckerman	30 (14,16)
74.	Kevin Eckert	30 (10,20)
75.	Luke Ghensi	30 (11,19)
76.	Jason Juzwiak	30 (14,16)
77.	Rosemary Contompasis	29 (10,19)
78.	Jerry Balsam	29 (12,17)
79.	Richard Erickson	29 (8,21)
80.	Renato de Oliveira Almeida	28 (9,19)
81.	Freudocadoe	28 (13,15)
82.	Craig Willeford	27 (7,20)
83.	Martin Nicholson	27 (10,17)
84.	Folkert Joling	26 (11,15)
85.	Byron McCrae	26 (11,15)
86.	Chris Wang	25 (9,16)
87.	Supersuper305	25 (13,12)
88.	Belmont305	24 (13,11)
89.	Seraina	16 (16,0)

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Men's draw

J Stewart slips one point back because of Ljubicic's loss to our two-time Heartbreaker of the Day:

Marcos Baghdatis

Frederick Warburg is alone in second place now!

Tomorrow's semifinal

David Nalbandian ARG (4) vs. Marcos Baghdatis CYP:
Baghdatis, unquestionably the revelation of the tournament, delighted his Greek chorus of "sweaty dudes" by adding the fancied Ljubicic to his list of victims. Nalbandian has looked better with each outing and became our favourite to reach the final when Baghdatis took out Roddick.
Previous head-to-head: Tied 1-1. Baghdatis won their most recent battle (2005 Basel).

Rank	Contestant	Men's score
1.	J. Stewart	21
2.	Frederick Warburg	19
3.	Bill Walsh	18
4.	Ed Toombs	18
5.	Tony Fales	17
	Amelie's Shorts	17
	Manuel Halkias	17
8.	Art Vaughn	17
	Mike Cecilio	17
10.	Gary Ellis	17
11.	Andrew McCarthy	17
12.	Andy Smith	17
13.	Memo	16
	Jeff Tagen	16
	Paul Peach	16
16.	Sarah Halsted	16
	Fredrik Norström	16
	Charo Molinari	16
19.	Larry Yonce	16
	Cian O'Reilly	16
	Yoonho Ji	16
	Barbara&David	16
	Colin Strudwick	16
	Seraina	16
25.	Maydoosa	16
26.	Peter Versteege	16
27.	Javier Camacho	15
	Tim Wilson	15
29.	Eric Goll	15
	Babak Hejazi	15
	Peter Smyth	15
	k i r i n	15
33.	Mark Wolbers	15
	Michael Mungin	15
35.	Heather Ryde	14
	Patrick van der Zee	14
	Elizabeth Ashbury	14
38.	Michiel Vestjens	14
39.	Andrew Peglau	14
40.	Lawrence Toombs	14
41.	Jason Juzwiak	14
42.	Gavin Hotchin	14
	Julio Morales	14
	Anthony Ellis	14
	Chi-Wai Lui	14
	Michael Grundy	14
	Mark Zuckerman	14
	Marcel Stok	14
	Bounces	14
50.	Martin McLean	14
51.	Dennis Uenk	14
52.	Alex Macpherson	13
	Joeri Kester	13
54.	Erwin van Oorspronk	13
55.	Stephen Spainhour	13
56.	Rich Glenn	13
	Chris Gerby	13
	Jeff Sikes	13
59.	Michal Swiderski	13
	Daisy Aye	13
	Freudocadoe	13
	Tom Brozo	13
63.	Jack Cunniff	13
	Samuel Burton	13
65.	Belmont305	13
	Supersuper305	13
67.	Sanjeev Bordoloi	12
	Jerry Balsam	12
	Dirk van Panhuis	12
70.	Steve Gocha	12
	Will Johnson	12
	Jacqueline "JD" Dupree	12
73.	Paddy M	12
74.	Lindsay Brown	12
75.	Mark Langley	11
	Luke Ghensi	11
77.	Ed Zafian	11
	Folkert Joling	11
	Byron McCrae	11
80.	Granger Huntress	11
81.	Alison Dura	10
82.	Martin Nicholson	10
	Rosemary Contompasis	10
84.	Emily Dura	10
85.	Kevin Eckert	10
86.	Chris Wang	9
87.	Renato de Oliveira Almeida	9
88.	Richard Erickson	8
89.	Craig Willeford	7

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Women's draw

There was no change to the top 5 after today's quarterfinals. So as we head to the semis let's take a look at who still has a chance to win this division. Shall we?

Women's draw championship scenarios

Because of the diversity of our picks in the semis and finals, there are still 4 contenders with a chance to topple Gavin: Babak G and Anthony E (in a tie), Memo and Larry Y!

• If Mauresmo beats Henin in the final, or if there is a Sharapova-Mauresmo final regardless of the result:
  Gavin H wins outright.
• If Henin beats Clijsters in the final:
  Babak H, Anthony E and Bill W finish tied for first. Babak G and Anthony E finish tied for first after the tie-break.
• If Clijsters beats Henin in the final:
  Memo wins outright.
• If Henin beats Mauresmo in the final:
  Babak H, Anthony E, Gavin H and Bill W finish tied for first. Babak G and Anthony E finish tied for first after the tie-break.
• If Clijsters beats Sharapova in the final:
  Larry Y wins outright.
• If Sharapova beats Clijsters in year. the final:
  Larry Y and Gavin H finish tied for first. Larry wins the tie-break.

Good luck to all!

Tomorrow's semifinals

Justine Henin-Hardenne BEL (8) vs. Maria Sharapova RUS (4):
20 of the 24 contestants who forecast this semifinal matchup leaned toward the Belgian. Neither was particularly sharp in the quarterfinals. But they won!
Previous head-to-head:: Justine won 2 of their 3 matches, all of which came last year. Maria won their only hard court meeting (Miami), and Justine's wins were on clay.

Amélie Mauresmo FRA (3) vs. Kim Clijsters BEL (2):
About half of us thought the seedings would hold up here. A significant majority picked Clisters to triumph (34 to 10). Clijsters was made to work hard by Hingis and will have a quick turnaround.
Previous head-to-head:: Clijsters leads 8-3. Mauresmo won their last encounter (2005 Tour Championships).

Rank	Contestant	Women's score
1.	Gavin Hotchin	26
2.	Larry Yonce	25
	Babak Hejazi	25
	Memo	25
	Anthony Ellis	25
6.	Bill Walsh	25
7.	Chris Gerby	24
8.	Elizabeth Ashbury	23
	Peter Smyth	23
	Daisy Aye	23
11.	Barbara&David	23
	Tony Fales	23
	Amelie's Shorts	23
	Yoonho Ji	23
	Steve Gocha	23
16.	Jack Cunniff	22
17.	Patrick van der Zee	22
	Ed Zafian	22
19.	Joeri Kester	22
20.	Julio Morales	22
	Eric Goll	22
22.	Jacqueline "JD" Dupree	21
23.	Stephen Spainhour	21
	Rich Glenn	21
	Richard Erickson	21
26.	Alison Dura	21
	Alex Macpherson	21
28.	Tim Wilson	21
29.	Jeff Tagen	21
30.	Chi-Wai Lui	21
	Lindsay Brown	21
	Emily Dura	21
	Mark Langley	21
34.	Dirk van Panhuis	21
35.	Sanjeev Bordoloi	21
	Andrew McCarthy	21
37.	Sarah Halsted	20
	Michael Mungin	20
	Kevin Eckert	20
	Granger Huntress	20
41.	Marcel Stok	20
42.	Maydoosa	20
43.	Ed Toombs	20
44.	Bounces	20
45.	Mark Wolbers	20
46.	Gary Ellis	20
	J. Stewart	20
48.	k i r i n	20
	Craig Willeford	20
50.	Tom Brozo	20
51.	Martin McLean	19
	Rosemary Contompasis	19
53.	Michael Grundy	19
54.	Javier Camacho	19
55.	Renato de Oliveira Almeida	19
	Lawrence Toombs	19
	Samuel Burton	19
58.	Michal Swiderski	19
59.	Erwin van Oorspronk	19
60.	Luke Ghensi	19
61.	Dennis Uenk	19
	Paddy M	19
63.	Michiel Vestjens	18
64.	Colin Strudwick	18
	Will Johnson	18
66.	Peter Versteege	18
67.	Manuel Halkias	18
	Heather Ryde	18
69.	Art Vaughn	18
70.	Fredrik Norström	18
	Cian O'Reilly	18
72.	Andrew Peglau	18
73.	Jeff Sikes	17
	Mike Cecilio	17
75.	Jerry Balsam	17
76.	Paul Peach	17
77.	Martin Nicholson	17
78.	Frederick Warburg	17
79.	Andy Smith	16
80.	Mark Zuckerman	16
81.	Jason Juzwiak	16
82.	Chris Wang	16
83.	Freudocadoe	15
84.	Folkert Joling	15
85.	Byron McCrae	15
86.	Charo Molinari	14
87.	Supersuper305	12
88.	Belmont305	11

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