In Saturday's semi-finals, Agassi will meet eighth seed Max Mirnyi of Belarus, who beat Michael Llodra of France 6-4, 7-6 (4).

BBC: Agassi powers on

English duo Simon Burnett and Adam Brown made it through from the 50m freestyle semi-finals , qualifying in seventh and eighth place, despite Burnett diving in too early in the second semi.

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Earlier, Jamea Jackson stunned last year's beaten finalist and eighth seed Jelena Jankovic to book her place in the quarter-finals.

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After the Ducks knocked off top-seeded San Jose in 2009, Detroit beat eighth-seeded Anaheim in the second round on the way to the Stanley Cup finals.

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The list of playoff busts includes some real gut-wrenchers: The 1978 Sonics blew a championship by dropping a Game 7 at home to Washington in the finals, while the top-seeded 1994 club lost a first-round series to the eighth-seeded Denver Nuggets.

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