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The Spaniard resumed three-up with eight to play on Saturday morning after the knock-on effect of rain on Thursday and held on for a 2&1 win.

He will play English Ryder Cup colleague Lee Westwood, who downed US Open champion Retief Goosen 2&1.

In the other semi-final, defending champion Ernie Els plays Ireland's Padraig Harrington.

The final match had been delayed by Langer's extra-hole victory over world number one Vijay Singh on Friday and the two hours lost to rain on Thursday which put back the schedule.

Gritty Langer takes Singh scalp

The 47-year-old Langer was able to narrow the gap to one-down with four to play but Jimenez birdied the long 17th to progress.

"It was tough to finish the match off because Bernhard played probably the best he played in the match and I thought we were heading for extra holes," Jimenez said.

Langer said: "I fought hard. We had a good seesaw battle. I was playing a lot better this morning.

"There were times I was happy with my ball striking but I need to work on my putting, I missed a few short ones and you can't afford to miss too many six-footers."

On Friday, South Africa's Els raced to three-up against Cabrera but the big-hitting Argentine hit back and led by one at the halfway mark before succumbing on the 36th hole.

"I've had some great games down the years. This was another one," said Els, who will play Ryder Cup star Harrington in the semi-finals.

"It was tough. It was a see-saw battle all day. I had a really good start this afternoon and then let him back into it."

The 34-year-old Els is aiming to surpass Seve Ballesteros and Gary Player as the only six-time winner of the event.

Westwood dominated Goosen in his quarter-final

Els added: "I felt coming down the stretch I started to find my swing but I couldn't quite get my putts going.

"But all credit to Angel, he hung in there well."

Westwood was never headed despite playing South Africa's Goosen, who clinched a record 12&10 victory over Jeff Maggert on day one.

The 31-year-old Westwood picked up 10 birdies and an eagle at the long fourth, his 22nd hole, and reached five-up at one point.

He was still four-up with four to play but Goosen, who remained bogey-free, took the match as far as the 17th.

Harrington reached as much as six-up on Ryder Cup colleague Levet by the 19th hole but was dragged all the way to the 36th hole by the courageous Frenchman.

The Irishman was hampered by a thumb injury sustained after his follow-through clattered into a tree trunk on the ninth, though he played on after treatment.

It felt like I was hitting with a shovel rather than a golf club

"I was not even aware of the tree," said Harrington.

"I thought I had loads of room. But it was just a question of getting on with it with pokes and prods.

"I couldn't hit a proper shot and it became more painful. It felt terrible chipping and putting as well.

"I put some ice on it, but couldn't do it again because I would have lost all feeling.

"It felt like I was hitting with a shovel rather than a golf club. I told myself 'you can't hit a full shot, so just poke it down the fairway'.

"I wasn't even trying to hit the greens - just somewhere where I could get up and down."