Two-times defending champion Fabrice Santoro won back-to-back matches to reach the semi-finals of the rain-hit $500,000 ATP Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport.

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Both the second and quarter-final rounds were completed on Friday due to a number of weather delays.

France's Santoro defeated American Taylor Dent 7-6 (5) 6-4 in the second round before registering a 6-4 6-4 win over countryman Nicolas Mahut later in the day on the grass courts.

Mahut cruised past American journeyman Alex Bogomolov 6-2 6-2 in the second round.

Santoro next faces third-seeded American Sam Querrey in the semi-finals.

Querrey rallied to beat Prakash Amritraj 6-7 (7) 6-3 6-2 in the second round then breezed past seventh-seeded American Kevin Kim, 6-3 6-4.

Kim stopped German Daniel Brands 4-6 7-6 (5) 6-4 in the second round.