After being upset by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1951 semifinals, Detroit won its fifth Cup in 1952, sweeping both the Leafs and the Canadiens, with the Production Line of Howe, Abel and Lindsay joined by second-year goalie Terry Sawchuk.

* In 2006, the Bulldogs won the 2006 Preseason NIT, beating most notably Indiana and Notre Dame to reach the semifinals in New York City.

Instead, he became one of the youngest winners of an Association of Tennis Professionals ( ATP ) tournament when, as an almost unknown youngster, he won the 1998 Next Generation Adelaide International, defeating Andre Agassi in the semifinals.

Davenport then reached the semifinals at Indian Wells, California and Miami and won the title in Lucerne.

During the summer, Davenport won the tournament in Los Angeles, defeating Graf for the first time in her career in the semifinals, before defeating Anke Huber in the final.

She and Corina Morariu won the doubles semifinals over Hingis and Mary Pierce.

Sampras reached the semifinals of the Australian Open in early 2000 ( falling to the eventual champion Agassi in a five-set match ) and won the Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida for the third time in March.

In the 1985 playoffs, Detroit won its first-round series and faced the defending champion Boston Celtics in the conference semifinals.

In the semifinals the Lightning won only one game, losing the series to the New Jersey Devils.

Muster's comeback continued in 1990, when he won three titles on clay ( among which the Italian Open, defeating Andrei Chesnokov in the final ) and one on hardcourts ; he was runner-up in three tournaments, and reached the semifinals of the French Open.

He won two hard-court titles, including the Lipton International Players Championships, the same tournament where his career had nearly ended just eight years earlier — by defeating Sergi Bruguera in the final, after Bruguera had defeated Pete Sampras in the semifinals.

The following week, Williams won the Tier I Lipton International Players Championships in Key Biscayne, Florida, defeating World No. 1 Hingis in the semifinals.

Williams then won the Tier I Italian Open in Rome, defeating World No. 1 Hingis in the semifinals and World No. 8 Pierce in the final.

In her last tournament before the US Open, Williams won the Pilot Pen Tennis in New Haven, Connecticut, defeating World No. 5 Seles in the semifinals and Davenport in the final.

She won her first Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon, defeating World No. 1 Martina Hingis in the quarterfinals, sister Serena in the semifinals, and defending champion Lindsay Davenport in the final.

She then won three very close matches against Petra Mandula, Shikha Uberoi and Chanda Rubin to make the fourth round of the US Open where she lost to Davenport, the first time she had ever lost at the US Open prior to the semifinals.

A fortnight later, Williams won the Zurich Open, defeating Ivanovic in the semifinals before defeating Pennetta in the final to claim her second title of the year and secure a position in the year-ending 2008 WTA Tour Championships in Doha, Qatar.

Corinthians have won their state championship a record 26 times, the Brasileirão on five occasions, including a double in 1998 / 99, and the Copa do Brasil three times ; in South America, they are currently champions of the Copa Libertadores, having also reached the semifinals in 2000.

In 2011, they won their quarterfinal of the International Collegiate Championship of A Cappella, advancing them to the semifinals, as the only all-male group.

In 1973, Laver won seven tournaments and successfully participated in the semifinals and final of the Davis Cup, where he won all six of his rubbers for Australia.

Mauresmo reached the semifinals at Wimbledon, where she lost to Serena Williams in three sets after Mauresmo had won the first set and was up a break in the second set.

In the Eastern Division semifinals, the Muskies split the first four of five games with the Kentucky Colonels and then won the decisive Game Five, 114 – 108, at home.

In the playoffs, the Baltimore franchise hosted the Toronto Argonauts in the East semifinals at Memorial Stadium and won the game, 34 – 15.

Going into the match against Bartoli, Henin had won 22 consecutive matches since Bartoli defeated her in the 2007 Wimbledon semifinals.

He recorded two goals and two assists in the deciding game of the semifinals against Brynäs IF, a 6 – 3 win for Modo.

He defeated Nikolay Davydenko, 6 – 4, 7 – 6, 7 – 6, in the first rubber, and Mikhail Youzhny, 7 – 6, 6 – 4, 6 – 3, in the fifth and final rubber, giving Argentina a victory of 3 – 2 to qualify for the semifinals.

Despite being underdogs against the defending Stanley Cup Champion Edmonton Oilers in the Smythe Division semifinals, Gretzky led the Kings to a shocking upset of his old squad, spearheading the Kings ' return from a 3 – 1 series deficit to win the series 4 – 3.

Davenport then reached the semifinals, where her match against Amélie Mauresmo was interrupted by rain and was completed over the course of two days.

They made the playoffs but managed just one win against Milwaukee in the conference semifinals.

He also helped Austria reach the semifinals of Davis Cup, where they were eliminated 3 – 2 by the United States despite Muster winning both his singles rubbers against Andre Agassi and Michael Chang.

She reached the semifinals at the year-ending Sanex Championships after defeating Seles in the quarterfinals, but she then was forced to retire against Clijsters due to injury.

In just the pair's first tournament since 2010 Wimbledon, the unseeded sisters advanced to the final with notable victories against fourth-seeded Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova in the second round and top-seeded Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond in the semifinals.

Within a few months Bayern achieved high-scoring victories against all local rivals and reached the semifinals of the 1900 – 01 South German championship.

In 1986, Palmeiras fielded a good team – routing Corinthians 5 – 1 and playing an historic game in the semifinals of the São Paulo State Championship against that same rival, prevailing 3 – 0.

In the semifinals stage, the Colorados were grouped with Argentine side Vélez Sarsfield and Colombian powerhouse América de Cali ; once again, Inter managed to top the group with two victories over Velez and two draws against America ( which was enough to see them reach the final ).

The quarterfinals saw the team face off against Brazilian champions Bahia in a rematch of the Brasileirao finals they disputed a few months earlier ; this time, Internacional beat Bahia 1-0 at home and ground out a 0-0 draw to progress to the semifinals and exact revenge on the tricolor de aço.

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

He would continue to compete against much younger players and had one of the most remarkable comebacks for any athlete when he reached the semifinals of the 1991 US Open at the age of 39.

In the semifinals against Venus Williams, Henin was up a break in the first set but could not hold it.

Iowa also has 22 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament appearances, including three Final Fours, reaching the semifinals in 1955 and 1980 and playing in the championship game against the University San Francisco in 1956.

The team lost in the semifinals, but Bradley scored a record 58 points in the consolation game to lead the team to victory against Wichita State and earn himself the Final Four MVP.

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

Despite her success, Jana's toughest test by far would be against top seeded Steffi Graf of Germany in the semifinals.

She also reached the semifinals of Los Angeles, losing to Chanda Rubin, and Montreal, grasping a 6 – 4, 6 – 3 victory over Martina Hingis before retiring hurt against Capriati.

In the semifinals game 3 against Scavolini Pesaro, Carlton Myers ' buzzer beater clinched a 2-1 series victory for Pesaro.

In the semifinals at Austria, his dramatic comeback from two-sets down against Horst Skoff, 3 – 6, 6 – 7, 6 – 4, 6 – 4, 6 – 3, led the US into its first Davis Cup final since 1984.

In the 1992 US Open, Edberg did it in three consecutive matches, against Richard Krajicek in the fourth round, Ivan Lendl in the quarterfinals, and Chang in the semifinals.

Yuvraj also scored 70 runs off 30 balls and went on to claim the Man of the Match against Australia in the World Twenty20 semifinals at Durban.

He still stayed in the Top 10 ( ATP, Collins, Tommasi ) or the Top 15 in 1975 winning 5 tournaments ( Jackson, Houston-River Oaks, Louisville, Gstaad, Tokyo Gunze Open ) and his two singles in Davis Cup against New-Zealand ( this event has been finally open to contract pros in 1973: that year Rosewall was selected by Neale Fraser for the semifinals doubles ).