Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro stunned world number one Rafael Nadal on Thursday, ousting the top-seeded Spaniard from the quarter-finals of the Miami ATP Masters 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7/3).
In the semi-finals, the sixth-seeded del Potro will face either world number four Andy Murray of Britain or eighth-seeded Spaniard Fernando Verdasco.
Del Potro, 20, notched his first victory over Nadal in five career meetings. They had met in the quarter-finals at Indian Wells last week, when Nadal triumphed 6-2, 6-4 en route to winning the first Masters 1000 title of the year.
Nadal, the reigning Australian Open champion, saved three match points in the 12th game of the third set to force the tiebreaker, but del Potro won the last five points of the breaker to advance.
The defeat means Nadal leaves Miami empty-handed again. He has never lifted the trophy here, with runner-up finishes in 2005 and last year his best showings.
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