Top seeds Carlos Moya [ Images ] and Gaston Gaudio remained on course on Friday for a 'dream final' at the Estoril Open claycourt tournament in Estoril.

Moya gained revenge for his recent Davis Cup defeat against Paul-Henri Mathieu by beating the Frenchman 6-4, 6-2 in the quarter-finals.

The top seed will face fellow Spaniard Tommy Robredo [ Images ] in the last four after he thrashed Italy's [ Images ] Davide Sanguinetti 6-2, 6-2.

Second-seeded Argentine Gaudio disposed of Spain's Feliciano Lopez [ Images ] 6-2, 6-2 and now meets another Spaniard, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, who knocked out Costa Rican lucky loser Juan Antonio Marin 6-1, 2-6, 6-3.

"I hope to play Moya in the final," French Open [ Images ] champion Gaudio told reporters. "It would be good for the spectators and a nice show for the tournament."

Moya, the 1998 French Open champion, is less keen on a showdown with Gaudio, who already has two claycourt titles to his name this year after wins in Buenos Aires and Vina del Mar.

"If I want to win the tournament I would prefer another guy," said the former world number one.

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"But it is true, for the crowd it would be a good final because he is the last winner of the French Open and I won in 1998. But first I have to play another match."

Moya has never dropped a set against Robredo in four previous encounters, a statistic that does not bother his semi-final opponent.

Robredo said: "Every time I played against him [Moya] he was the favourite and I was young. But now I am a bit older and more experienced and feeling a lot better, so we will see how it goes."

Garcia-Lopez has never gone beyond the semi-final stage of an ATP tour event.

"Tomorrow I just have to keep calm," he said.

In the women's event, Argentina's Gisela Dulko [ Images ] moved into the semi-finals with a 6-2, 6-1 rout of China's Zheng Jie [ Images ].

It was sweet revenge for third seed Dulko, who was embarrassed 6-2, 6-0 by Zheng when they met in the Hobart final in January, the only WTA final either player has reached.

Zheng's compatriot Li Na [ Images ], the fourth seed, fared better on the unfamiliar clay surface, beating sixth seed Dally Randriantefy of Madagascar 6-3, 6-1.

Li now plays second seed Dinara Safina [ Images ] after the Spanish-based Russian overcame American Jill Craybas 6-4, 6-2.

Qualifier Lucie Safarova [ Images ] of the Czech Republic completed the semi-final line-up by ousting Argentine Mariana Diaz-Oliva 6-2, 4-6, 6-1.