It was not such a breeze for the Uzbeks, with both Vadim Kutsenko and Oleg Ogorodov dropping a set each en route to a place in Friday's final. Playing against Dong Hyun Kim, Kutsenko dropped the first set 1-6 to an opponent who was beating him at his own game. Kim just stayed at the baseline, fed off Kutsenko's pace and did nothing fancy. But Kutsenko kept his head and willed himself to a 5-2 lead in the second before running into trouble again. Kim narrowed the lead to 5-4 before Kutsenko wrapped up the second.The Uzbek then took the thirdwithout a fuss 6-1.

Ogorodov too played to a similar script against Lee, taking a roller-coaster first set 7-5 and then promptly let go in the second. Ogorodov spared himself the bother of the doubles rubber, closing out the third set 6-3.

Results: Quarter-Finals: Chinese Taipei bt Indonesia 2-1 (Lin Bing Chao lost to Wiboyo Sulitsyo 3-6, 1-6; Chen Wei Ju bt Andrian Raturandang 6-4, 6-1; Chen Chin Jung/ Chao lost to Sugiharta Wirayawan/Sulitsyo 6-3, 7-6 (9)). Semi-finals: Uzbekistan bt Korea 2-0 (Vadim Kutsenko bt Dong Hyun Kim 1-6, 6-4, 6-1; Oleg Ogorodov bt Hyung Taik Lee 7-5, 1-6, 6-3).