TENNIS in DEPTH.

Dmitry Tursunov saw his run at the Indianapolis Tennis Championships halted at the quarter-final stage by Frank Dancevic.

The top seed had been aiming to reach his third successive final at the tournament, which he won in 2007 at the expense of Dancevic, and things looked promising when the Russian took the opening set.

But Dancevic hit back to claim a 3-6 7-6 (7/5) 6-2 victory, his first win over Tursunov in four career meetings.

The Canadian will now face third seed Sam Querrey in the last four. The American overcame seventh-seeded Frenchman Marc Giquel 6-4 7-5.

Qualifier Alex Bogomolov Jr saw his challenge ended by American compatriot Robby Ginepri, who recorded a 7-5 6-1 victory.

John Isner completed the semi-final line-up with his hard-fought 7-5 6-7 (2/7) 7-5 win over Wayne Odesnik.

Dancevic, at No. 121 in the South African Airways 2009 ATP Rankings, was the last direct acceptance into the main draw, just as he was two years ago. “I drove down from Niagara to Detroit to pick up my girlfriend and I said ‘Let’s do it again!’ I got here Thursday thinking I was playing qualies, then I got the good news that I was the last direct acceptance,” Dancevic said. “I am just very happy to be in the semi-finals in Indianapolis once again.”

Against Tursunov, the 24 year old was broken when he served for the second set at 5-3, but he went on to win the tie-break to force a third set, in which he broke the Russian twice, first at 1-1 and again at 4-2.

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