Mission accomplished as Anna Chakvetadze beats Shahar Peer 6-4 6-1 to reach her first Grand Slam semi-final
Peer is the first Israeli woman to appear in the US Open quarter-finals but the 20-year-old's run comes to an end
Hungarian Agnes Szavay is through to the US Open quarter-finals on her first visit to New York
But former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova proves far too strong for the 18-year-old, beating the youngster 6-1 6-4
Tommy Haas makes his feelings known to the umpire as he struggles to keep pace with in-form Nikolay Davydenko
Davydenko is still the only man not to drop a set at the tournament after a 6-3 6-3 6-4 victory
The Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd await an enticing evening session, featuring Venus v Jankovic and Roddick v Federer
Among them are American comedians Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David
Jelena Jankovic threatens an upset when she takes the first set against twice champion Venus Williams
But Williams fights back, winning six games in a row to take the second set and force a decider
Neither player can break in the third set but Williams' experience gets her through a tense tiebreak
American crowd favourite Andy Roddick is fired up for his quarter-final against nemesis Roger Federer
But Federer proves more than equal to the challenge, taking the first two sets on tiebreaks
A majestic Federer wins 7-6 7-6 6-2 to set up a semi-final against Davydenko
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