The semifinals of the US$10,000 ($18,333) Futures tournament at North Harbour is an all-seeded affair.
Top seed Johan Du Randt, of South Africa, downed eighth seed, Jan Minar, of the Czech Republic, in three sets.
His semifinal opponent today is sixth seed Jun Kato, of Japan, who won the Futures event inChristchurch last week. Kato produced a straight-set win against Ryan Russell, of Jamaica.
In the other half of the draw, South African third seed Dirk Stegmann saw his opponent Mustafa Ghouse, of India, retire hurt with an arm injury in the second set. Stegmann will play Swiss fifth seed Stephane Bohli in the last four after Bohli beat Austrian Martin Slaner in straight sets.
The New Zealand doubles combinations had a win and a loss yesterday.
Alistair Hunt and James Shortall won their way to the semifinals, but GD Jones and Dan Willman lost.
The likely Davis Cup doubles partnership for the clash with India in Calcutta next month, Hunt and Shortall held off three match points to win their match against the Thai combination of Sanchai and Sonchat Ratiwatana.
The New Zealanders were down 6-7 in the tiebreak, but won the next three points to take the tiebreak 9-7 and the match 4-6, 6-3, 7-6.
