| Clearly both players preferred to take it easy and rest for their semi-finals. |
| Carlow were the better team overall and are now within striking distance of the semi-finals. |
| Chinese women have made the semi-finals in hockey and the quarter-finals in volleyball. |
| His best effort yet came at Roland Garros in June, but he went down to a surprise defeat to outsider Martin Verkerk in the semi-finals. |
| An excellent all-round display by teenager David Wilkinson saw Rawdon defeat Adel by one wicket in the semi-finals. |
| They were, he continued, within a whisker of making it through to the All Ireland semi-finals when they had victory snatched from their grasp. |
