Images from Day 9

Spaniard Nadal took his time to get into his stride and Nieminen, who was appearing in his third grand slam quarter-final, forced him into some uncharacteristic errors early on.

Nieminen forced one break point in the eighth game and then two set points in the 10th game but Nadal dug deep to snatch the set.

The Spaniard forged a 4-1 lead in the second set and though Nieminen got one of the breaks back, Nadal eased to a two-sets-to love lead before cruising through the third.