| Russian second seed Maria Sharapova has reached | | | | champion Gaston Gaudio, 7-6, 6-2. |
| the semifinal round of the Nasdaq-100 Open men's and | | | | Two Spaniards advanced to the men's quarterfinals. |
| women's tennis tournament in Key Biscayne, Florida. | | | | Rafael Nadal beat 13th-seeded Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia, |
| Sharapova prevailed, 6-1, 6-7, 6-2 Tuesday after a | | | | 6-4, 6-7, 6-3. Unseeded David Ferrer rallied past |
| gallant comeback by Justine Henin-Hardenne of | | | | countryman Juan Carlos Ferrero, 6-7, 6-3, 7-5. Dominik |
| Belgium. Sharapova failed to convert three match | | | | Hrbaty of Slovakia eliminated Gael Monfils of France, |
| points in the second set. The Wimbledon champion | | | | 6-3, 6-3. |
| closed out the victory an hour later. | | | | Some information for this report provided by AP and |
| Advancing to the men's quarterfinals was six-time Key | | | | AFP. |
| Biscayne winner Andre Agassi. He beat French Open | | | | |