Unseeded Wayne Ferreira continued his run at the Australian Open today, beating fourth seed Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-6, 7-6, 6-1 to reach his first grand slam semi-final in 11 years.
The 31-year-old South African, who reached the last four in Melbourne in 1992, used his experience to take the first set tiebreak 7-4 and twice fought back from a break down to force another tiebreak in the second set.
Ferreira took the second on his third set point with a mid-court forehand, after which it was one-way traffic as Ferrero's game fell apart.
The Spaniard lost the first four games of the third set and Ferreira ran out an easy winner in two hours 11 minutes.
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Ferreira faces second seed Andre Agassi in the semi-finals.