Kafelnikov favourite for tennis gold

Di Pasquale is Kafelnikov's opponent in the last four

Russia's former world number one Yevgeny Kafelnikov is the only seed left in the men's singles after beating Gustavo Kuerten in straight sets to reach the last four.

Kafelnikov, seeded five, won 6-4 7-5 to set up a semi-final clash with France's Arnaud Di Pasquale.

"It's a very small thing left for me to do, to win two matches and I will be Olympic gold medallist and champion," said a confident Kafelnikov.

"All I can tell you is that not too many people can beat me on this surface.

"Before I came here I wasn't playing as well as perhaps I would like to have. But after I won a few matches I got my confidence back and I started to believe in myself again that I could win it," he added.

Another seed falls

Di Pasquale, ranked 78th in the world, had already knocked out ninth seed Nicolas Kiefer of Germany and Sweden's Magnus Norman, the number three seed, and added eighth seed Juan Carlos Ferrero to his list of victims.

Ferrero managed to win just three games in a 6-2 6-1 defeat.

"If I could play like that every match I would not have my current ranking," Di Pasquale said.

Germany's Tommy Haas also went through to the last four, beating Max Mirnyi of Belarus 4-6 7-5 6-3. He will face Roger Federer of Switzerland who beat Karim Alami of Morocco 7-6 (7-2) 6-1.

Reigning men's doubles champions Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde are on course for a successful defence after beating Spanish pair Alex Corretja and Albert Costa to win a place in the final.

The Woodies took the first set relatively comfortably at 6-3, but were forced into a tie break in the second and deciding set, taking the tie break 7-5.

In the final they will meet fourth seeds Sebastien Lareau and Daniel Nestor of Canada.

They overcame fifth seeds David Adams and John -Laffnie De Jager of South Africa 6-1 6-2 to easily claim their place in Wednesday's final.