Agassi-Nadal one step closer

Andre Agassi moved one step closer to a promising final with Rafael Nadal at the Montreal Masters on Saturday. Agassi finished off his rain-interrupted quarterfinal by beating Gaston Gaudio 6-3, 6-3. He will face Greg Rusedski who beat Dominik Hrbarty 6-3, 6-4.

Top seed Rafael Nadal won a re-match of the French Open final 6-3, 6-1 against Argentine Mariano Puerta in the Montreal Masters quarter-finals on Friday.

Nadal beat Puerta in 72 minutes to set up a semi-final with France8217;s Paul-Henri Mathieu. The Frenchman, who upset holder Andy Roddick in the first round, defeated Karol Beck 6-1 6-2. The Slovak had upset number five seed Nikolay Davydenko and number nine David Nalbandian this week.