Fabrice Santoro is crushed by David Nalbandian after tasting his first major quarter-final at the 54th attempt

Masters Cup champion Nalbandian moves ominously into the semi-finals with a confident victory

After 14 appearances in Melbourne, Santoro's moment in the sun is over as he leaves the Rod Laver Arena in defeat

An out-of-sorts Maria Sharapova cannot hide her frustration against Russian compatriot Nadia Petrova

Petrova wastes chance after chance to defeat Sharapova - and pays the price

Sharapova shows how much she wants victory despite an error-strewn display

Despite a poor performance Sharapova lives to fight another day - she wins 7-6 6-4

Lindsay Davenport starts well against Justine Henin-Hardenne and wins the opening set 6-2

But the momentum switches to Henin-Hardenne and the Belgian wins 2-6 6-2 6-3

And in the final match of the day, Marcos Baghdatis survives an Ivan Ljubicic fightback to reach the semi-finals

Nikolay Davydenko relaxes before his quarter-final with Roger Federer by fishing off St Kilda pier on his rest day