I really thought that this challenger would be between either Oli Rochus, Christophe Rochus, Vliegen or Dick Norman. However, all of the big four have gone out before the semis !!!!!
Norman was ousted by Chiudinelli in rd2, they had a mammoth 1st set breaker which knocked the stuffing out of Norman and he collapsed in set 2. Vliegen was outlasted by Wauters, Christophe Rochus was outplayed by Korolev and Tipsarevic just blew Oli Rochus off the court 6-4, 6-0 with a display of power-hitting from the baseline.
Tipsarevic was extremely aggressive from the baseline and just hit Rochus off the court, Olivier didn't do anything particularly bad, Tipsarevic was just on fire from the back of the court, smoking winners to all corners and winning 9 straight games from 1-2 in the 1st set.