El ruso Nikolay Davydenko se enfrentará al sueco Robin Söderling y el serbio Novak Djokovic al ruso Mikhail Youzhny en las semifinales del Torneo de Rotterdam.
Djokovic, primera cabeza de serie, no disputó su partido de cuartos por incomparecencia del alemán Florian Meyer, que se lesionó el jueves, mientras que Youzhny venció al francés Gaël Monfils por 5-7, 6-2 y 6-3.
Davydenko, segundo favorito, superó con autoridad al austríaco Jurgen Melzer, al que derrotó por 6-3 y 6-2. Söderling (3) tan solo cedió un juego ante el francés Julien Benneteau (6-0 y 6-1).
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Second-seeded Nikolay Davydenko and 2009 French Open runner-up Robin Soderling were a pair of quarterfinal winners Friday at the $2 million ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament.
The world No. 6 Russian Davydenko dismissed Austrian Jurgen Melzer 6-3, 6-2, while the third-seeded 2008 Rotterdam runner-up Soderling crushed France's Julien Benneteau 6-0, 6-1 in 64 minutes on the indoor hardcourts at Ahoy' Stadium.
Davydenko and the world No. 8 Soderling will lock horns here in Saturday's semifinals.
A mild Day-5 upset occurred when 2007 Rotterdam champion Mikhail Youzhny, seeded sixth this week, took out fourth-seeded Frenchman Gael Monfils 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 in 2 hours, 55 minutes.
Saturday's other semi will pit Youzhny against top-seeded world No. 2 Serb Novak Djokovic, who received a walkover into the final four on Thursday when his scheduled quarterfinal opponent, German Florian Mayer, pulled out of the event with a left leg injury.
The 2010 Rotterdam champion will claim $380,000.
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