MIAMI, Florida (Reuters) -- Kim Clijsters continued her resurgence with a crushing 6-2 6-1 victory over Elena Dementieva to reach the semi-finals of the Nasdaq-100 Open and stay on course for back-to-back tournament victories.
The unseeded Belgian, who won the title at Indian Wells 12 days ago, needed less than an hour to beat the Russian and set up a match against top seed Amelie Mauresmo, who thrashed Serbian teenager Ana Ivanovic 6-1 6-4 earlier in the day.
The victory extends Clijsters' winning streak to 12 and she has lost just one match since returning to the women's tour in February after being sidelined for most of 2004 with a wrist injury.
The men's tournament is assured of a Spanish finalist after Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer both won through to the last four on Wednesday.
Nadal beat Thomas Johansson 6-2 6-4, taking an hour and 23 minutes to ease past the former Australian Open champion.
The 18-year-old is currently enjoying his best ever performance in a Masters Series tournament, his previous best result was here last year when he beat Roger Federer to reach the last 16.
Ferrer, ranked 44 in the world, beat 26th seed Dominik Hrbaty 6-2 6-3.
The remaining men's quarter-finals will be on Thursday, when Swiss Federer takes on Briton Tim Henman and Andre Agassi plays fellow American Taylor Dent.
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