Hewitt played only Davis Cup matches for the remainder of the year, recording five-set wins over Roger Federer and Juan Carlos Ferrero in the semifinals and final respectively, as Australia went on to win the Davis Cup.

She played her first singles event in July, losing in the Stanford semifinals to Kim Clijsters.

In the semifinals Williams played through a back injury, eventually losing in three sets to Li Na in a match where her average first serve was between 80 – 90 miles per hour.

The top two teams in each group qualified for the semifinals, whose winners played the final.

At age 34, Navratilova defeated Graf the last time they played in a Grand Slam event in the semifinals of the 1991 US Open 7 – 6 ( 2 ), 6 – 7 ( 6 ), 6 – 4.

Wilander last played in Davis Cup in the 1995 semifinals, where he lost to Andre Agassi 7 – 6 ( 5 ), 6 – 2, 6 – 2 and Pete Sampras 2 – 6, 7 – 6 ( 4 ), 6 – 3.

She reached the semifinals or better, in singles, of 52 of the 56 Grand Slams she played, including the semifinals or better of 34 consecutive Grand Slams played from the 1971 U. S. Open through the 1983 French Open.

Evert played her first senior tournament in that year also, reaching the semifinals in her home town of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, losing to Mary-Ann Eisel 7 – 5, 3 – 6, 6 – 1.

In 2000, the team played in Hinkle Fieldhouse and reached the semifinals in the playoffs, only to lose to the Detroit Dogs.

This meant the Wings faced the Bandits in the semifinals, and due to the MILL's " attendance rule " that gave postseason home field advantage to the team with better attendance, the game was played in Buffalo.

The 1996 edition, without an host nation but for the first time with a qualifying round, was contested with only four teams playing semifinals and final match on two legs both: Australia and New Zealand, who played the semifinal also for the Trans-Tasman Cup, and the second semifinal match between Tahiti as Polynesia Cup holders and Solomon Islands as Melanesia Cup holders.

Philippoussis played in a series of Challenger tournaments after the Davis Cup semifinals.

As usual, Năstase played well in the Masters, in particular against Newcombe in the semifinals.

Austin lost in the semifinals of both Grand Slam tournaments she played in 1980.

He also played at the Australian Open for the first time, making it to the semifinals, before being defeated in four sets by Mats Wilander.

Capriati rebounded by reaching at least semifinals of the next five tournaments she played.

In semifinals the club played Guadalajara who eliminated them with a score of 2 – 3 in aggregated time.

The survivors of the first round played the top two seeds in the semifinals with the first place team playing the lowest surviving seed from the first round and the second place team playing the highest surviving seed.

Kamsky played in the Candidates Tournament to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship 2012, where he advanced to the semifinals before losing to Boris Gelfand.

On May 5, 2007, the Devils played their last game at the arena, losing 3 – 2 to the Ottawa Senators, eliminating them from the Eastern Conference semifinals 4 – 1.

Afterwards, Nalbandian played a string of clay tournaments, reaching the quarterfinals in the Brasil Open, semifinals in Buenos Aires and a first round exit at the Mexican Open.

He then reached the semifinals on clay in the Monte Carlo Masters event, his best result at the event, defeating Nicolás Almagro, Benjamin Becker, fifth seed Tommy Robredo, and Robin Söderling, before losing to second seed Rafael Nadal.

Berdych overpowered fifth seed Robin Söderling in two sets in the semifinals 6 – 2, 6 – 2, but lost in the final to Roddick 5 – 7, 4 – 6.

He reached the semifinals, where he was defeated by fifth seed Robin Söderling 3 – 6, 6 – 3, 7 – 5, 3 – 6, 3 – 6.

His next tournament was the 2011 Swedish Open, where he reached the semifinals, before losing to eventual champion Robin Soderling 1 – 6, 0 – 6.

However, he lost to Robin Söderling 6 – 4, 3 – 6, 2 – 6, in the semifinals.

In the quarterfinals, he defeated Robin Söderling 6 – 2, 6 – 4, for a spot in the semifinals.

He reached the semifinals, where he defeated Nicolas Almagro 6 – 1, 6 – 3, but lost to Robin Soderling 2 – 6, 2 – 6.

Söderling then participated in the 2009 Heineken Open where he lost in the semifinals against Juan Martín del Potro, again losing to the eventual champion.

Söderling was the No. 1 seed at the Stockholm Open but due to an elbow injury had to retire in the semifinals.

Söderling was seeded sixth at the 2010 BNP Paribas Open, losing in the semifinals to seventh seed Andy Roddick after a three-set match, 4 – 6, 6 – 3, 3 – 6.

Seeded fifth in the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Söderling was once again eliminated in the semifinals, this time by Tomáš Berdych 2 – 6, 2 – 6.

In the semifinals, the Islanders faced the Buffalo Sabres, who had finished second overall in the NHL standings.

In the conference semifinals, the Cavaliers faced the 4th-seeded Atlanta Hawks, who had defeated the Miami Heat in seven games.

However, they lost in the semifinals to Toronto, who went on to win their last Stanley Cup to date.

The 6 winners, along with the 2 Group winners who lost their games in the earlier semifinals, play in each other in a knockout format until there is 2 teams remaining who are promoted.

At Wimbledon, Graf lost in the semifinals to Zina Garrison, who with this victory broke Graf's string of 13 consecutive Grand Slam finals.

The semifinals had Internacional face off against a tough opponent: Olimpia, who were the reigning champions of Paraguay.

In 1919, they made the state playoffs, but lost in the semifinals to the Buffalo Prospects, who went on to win the title.

" asked Geoffrion, who had, in the 1961 semifinals, had a hurt leg and insisted, even so, that Harvey cut a cast off it so he could play.

In Bodiroga's next and final season with Real Madrid, ( and without Obradovic, who had moved to Benetton Treviso ) there were no improvements, as the team was ousted in the league's semifinals by TDK Manresa.

In the final the club faced Necaxa, who had beaten Tigres de la UANL in the quarterfinals and Club América in the semifinals.

He thus captured seven of the eight biggest events that year, the only one he lost was Zurich where he was defeated in the semifinals by Segura who in his turn left the title to Hoad.

* Yuki ( kickboxer ), kickboxer who fought in semifinals of the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Tokyo Final 16 Qualifying GP

The MIVA Tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the semifinals of the NCAA National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship which consists of 4 teams who play single elimination to determine the National Champion.

Sullivan and Storm were eliminated in the series ' semifinals ; Sullivan fell to Eunice Huthart, who beat Tyler in the finals, and Storm was beaten by Paul Field.

Cries of a conspiracy were heard in the 54th minute after Meazza, who was playing in the final even though carrying an injury from the semifinals, punched Rudolf Krcil in the liver in retaliation for a hard foul, without being disciplined by referee Ivan Eklind, who had also officiated the semi-final.

Finally, Ash ends his Sinnoh League challenge during the semifinals by losing to a trainer who uses only legendary Pokémon.

Then the finals will be a game between the two people who win in the semifinals.

He also won the doubles final with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga ( who Grosjean beat in the singles semifinals ), entering the tournament as a wildcard team where they upset the first and third seeds.

Coached by former Minneapolis Lakers great Jim Pollard, the 1968-69 season was the most successful for the Miami Floridians by far, finishing their first season in Florida with a 43-35 record and defeating the Minnesota Pipers ( who ironically played in the city the Floridians had just abandoned ) in the Eastern Division semifinals 4 games to 3, before losing in the divisional finals to the Indiana Pacers 4 games to 1.

Bangladesh lost five of their six matches ( one ended in no result ), including fixtures against Canada, who hadn't played international cricket since the 1979 World Cup, and Kenya who eventually made the semifinals of the tournament.