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As the tournament field begins to thin, the competition is getting more intense.

With every miss players’ groans become louder.

The first set of matches concluded when No. 9 Wally Green (NY) defeated No. 17 Nick Norlen (PA) in four sets (11-6) (11-3) (11-3) (11-5). No. 17 seed Joseph Goldstein (MD) also advanced. He will face Razvan Crezu of Philadelphia in the round of eight.

In the other bracket No. 1 seeded Samson Dubina (OH) won over David Feng (NJ) in six sets (11-6) (12-14) (11-6) (8-11) (11-9) (11-8).

He will face No. 5 seeded John Leach in the semifinals. Leach (CO) beat Justen Yao (MO) in five sets (11-2) (11-8) (12-10) (12-14) (11-6).

Shasin Shodan (CA) continued his impressive play advancing to the semi-finals with a six set upset victory over No. 5 seeded A.J. Brewer (11-6) (11-6) (12-10) (8-11) (8-11) (11-4).

He will face No. 3 seeded Tahl Leibovitz (NY) in the semis. Leibovitz won a five set match over John Wetzler (PA) (11-3) (11-4) (4-11) (11-6) (11-9)

Shodan, 29, was very happy with his play in the second match.

“The first match I was just happy to pull through,” Shodan said. “The second match went a lot better. I was a lot more relaxed.”

The Indian born player had been coaching young children for the last seven years, but stopped coaching just six months ago in an effort to train for the Olympic Games.