<p>Britain's Andy Murray and Serbian Novak Djokovic both suffered defeats to American opponents with Mardy Fish and Andy Roddick advancing to meet each other on Saturday.<br /><br />The only member of the top four to progress was third-seed Roger Federer, who meets a confident Baghdatis for a spot in Sunday's final after defeating Russian Nikolay Davydenko 6-4, 7-5.<br /><br />Nadal was well below his best against an inspired Baghdatis, whose big serve was on full power - he blasted 18 aces while the Spaniard could manage just four.<br /><br />An All-American semifinal is a timely boost for the game in the US which is currently without a top ten male player -- although Roddick's win assures he is back to at least ninth in next week's rankings.<br /><br />Roddick and Fish are close friends who, since their high school days, have spent many hours together practicing. Roddick beat third-ranked Serb Djokovic 6-4, 7-5, his booming serve looking back to its best. Fish took advantage of an exhausted world number four Murray, who wilted in 100-degree heat (38 Celsius) and lost 6-7, 6-1, 7-6 to the unseeded American.<br /><br />Bhupathi-Mirnyi in semis<br /><br />India’s Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi of Belarus defeated Poles Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski 6-3, 6-2 and advanced to the doubles semifinals . They will meet fifth seeds Austrians Lukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach who beat Cezch Republic’s Frantisek Cermak and Slovakia’s Michal Mertinak with a 6-4, 6-2 win in 75 minutes.<br /><br />Clijsters injured<br /><br />An injured Kim Clijsters hobbled to a 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 quarterfinal loss to Vera Zvonareva at the Montreal Cup, casting doubt on the Belgian's ability to defend her US Open crown.<br />World number two Caroline Wozniacki blasted her way into the semifinals with a 6-3, 6-2 win over French Open champion Francesca Schiavone of Italy.<br /><br />Wozniacki will next face in-form Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova, who scored a 6-1, 6-3 win over China's Zheng Jie. The other semifinal will pit Zvonareva against Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, who moved on with a 6-2, 7-6 win over Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli.<br /></p>
<p>Britain's Andy Murray and Serbian Novak Djokovic both suffered defeats to American opponents with Mardy Fish and Andy Roddick advancing to meet each other on Saturday.<br /><br />The only member of the top four to progress was third-seed Roger Federer, who meets a confident Baghdatis for a spot in Sunday's final after defeating Russian Nikolay Davydenko 6-4, 7-5.<br /><br />Nadal was well below his best against an inspired Baghdatis, whose big serve was on full power - he blasted 18 aces while the Spaniard could manage just four.<br /><br />An All-American semifinal is a timely boost for the game in the US which is currently without a top ten male player -- although Roddick's win assures he is back to at least ninth in next week's rankings.<br /><br />Roddick and Fish are close friends who, since their high school days, have spent many hours together practicing. Roddick beat third-ranked Serb Djokovic 6-4, 7-5, his booming serve looking back to its best. Fish took advantage of an exhausted world number four Murray, who wilted in 100-degree heat (38 Celsius) and lost 6-7, 6-1, 7-6 to the unseeded American.<br /><br />Bhupathi-Mirnyi in semis<br /><br />India’s Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi of Belarus defeated Poles Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski 6-3, 6-2 and advanced to the doubles semifinals . They will meet fifth seeds Austrians Lukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach who beat Cezch Republic’s Frantisek Cermak and Slovakia’s Michal Mertinak with a 6-4, 6-2 win in 75 minutes.<br /><br />Clijsters injured<br /><br />An injured Kim Clijsters hobbled to a 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 quarterfinal loss to Vera Zvonareva at the Montreal Cup, casting doubt on the Belgian's ability to defend her US Open crown.<br />World number two Caroline Wozniacki blasted her way into the semifinals with a 6-3, 6-2 win over French Open champion Francesca Schiavone of Italy.<br /><br />Wozniacki will next face in-form Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova, who scored a 6-1, 6-3 win over China's Zheng Jie. The other semifinal will pit Zvonareva against Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, who moved on with a 6-2, 7-6 win over Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli.<br /></p>