US Open 2016: Paths to women`s & men's semi-finals

Semis line-ups: Serena Williams vs Karolina Pliskova, Caroline Wozniacki vs Angelique Kerber; Novak Djokovic vs Gael Monfils, Stan Wawrinka vs Kei Nishikori

New Delhi: Here are the paths to US Open 2016 women`s and men's semi-finals (x denotes seeded player):

Women's first semi-final: Serena Williams (USA x1) vs Karolina Pliskova (CZE x10)

Williams
1st rd: bt Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 6-3, 6-3
2nd rd: bt Vania King (USA) 6-3, 6-3
3rd rd: bt Johanna Larsson (SWE) 6-2, 6-1
4th rd: bt Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 6-2, 6-3
QF: bt Simona Halep (ROM x5) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3

Pliskova
1st rd: bt Sofia Kenin (USA) 6-4, 6-3
2nd rd: bt Montserrat Gonzalez (PAR) 6-1, 7-5
3rd rd: bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS x17) 6-2, 6-4
4th rd: bt Venus Williams (USA x6) 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3)
QF: bt Ana Konjuh (CRO) 6-2, 6-2

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Women's second semi-final: Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) vs Angelique Kerber (GER x2)

Wozniacki
1st rd: bt Taylor Townsend (USA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
2nd rd: bt Svetlana Kuznetosva (RUS x9) 6-4, 6-4
3rd rd: bt Monica Niculescu (ROM) 6-3, 6-1
4th rd: bt Madison Keys (USA x8) 6-3, 6-4
QF: bt Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) 6-0, 6-2

Kerber
1st rd: bt Polona Hercog (SLO) 6-0, 1-0 - retired
2nd rd: bt Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) 6-2, 7-6 (9/7)
3rd rd: bt CiCi Bellis (USA) 6-1, 6-1
4th rd: bt Petra Kvitova (CZE x14) 6-3, 7-5
QF: bt Roberta Vinci (ITA) 7-5, 6-0

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Men's first semi-final: Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) vs Gael Monfils (FRA x10)

Djokovic
1st rd: bt Jerzy Janowicz (POL) 6-3, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1
2nd rd: bt Jiri Vesely (CZE) walkover
3rd rd: bt Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 4-2 retired
4th rd: bt Kyle Edmund (GBR) 6-2, 6-1, 6-4
QF: bt Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x9) 6-3, 6-2 retired

Monfils
1st rd: bt Gilles Muller 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (7/5)
2nd rd: bt Jan Satral (CZE) 7-5, 6-4, 6-3
3rd rd: bt Nicolas Almagro (ESP) 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
4th rd: bt Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
QF: bt Lucas Pouille 6-4, 6-3, 6-3

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Men's seconds semi-final: Stan Wawrinka (SUI x3) vs Kei Nishikori (JPN x6)

Wawrinka
1st rd: bt Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 7-6 (7/4), 6-4, 6-4
2nd rd: bt Alessandro Giannessi (ITA) 6-1, 7-6 (7/4), 7-5
3rd rd: bt Dan Evans (GBR) 4-6, 6-3, 6-7 (6/8), 7-6 (10/8), 6-2
4th rd: bt Illya Marchenko (UKR) 6-4, 6-1, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3
QF: bt Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) 7-6 (7/5), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2

Nishikori
1st rd: bt Benjamin Becker (GER) 6-1, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
2nd rd: bt Karen Khachanov (RUS) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
3rd rd: bt Nicolas Mahut 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
4th rd: bt Ivo Karlovic (CRO x21) 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7/4)
QF: bt Andy Murray (GBR x2) 1-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, 7-5