Andy Murray's wait for a major continues after a disappointing four set defeat to David Ferrer. The sixth seed took full control of the clay, the weather and the injury to book his place in the semi-finals. Ferrer took the opening set 6-4 before Murray responded by winning the second set tie-break 7-3.
The Spaniard would then take the third set 6-3 as the rain began to come down on Suzanne Lenglen. This forced a temporary break of play which may have affected Murray more than Ferrer. The damp surface meant the balls got heavier and, along with his niggling back injury, Murray's demeanour continued to grow negatively. Luckily, the rain stopped with enough time for a fourth set but this would only last eight games as Ferrer won it 6-2 to earn his place in the final four.
The sixth seed will face his fellow Spaniard, Rafael Nadal, who overcame a tight opening set to breeze past Nicolas Almagro. The first set went into a tie-break which the world number one took 7-4. From there, Almagro had no reply to Nadal's game and he took the next two sets 6-2 6-3 to book his place against Ferrer.
There were no more shocks in the women's draw today as both Maria Sharapova and Petra Kvitova made it through to face one another in the semi-finals. Kvitova came from a set down against Yaroslava Shvedova, 3-6, to win the following sets 6-2 6-4, ending the Kazakhstani's impressive run at Roland Garros.
Sharapova was again untested by Estonia's Kaia Kanepi. The Russian won 6-2 6-3 to continue her progress and maintain her favourite status to win her first major in four years, her first in Paris.
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