French second seed Amelie Mauresmo overcame stubborn Russian fifth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-6 4-6 6-2 and plays Australia's Alicia Molik for the other final place.
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Jamaica's Usain Bolt sauntered into the final of the 200m, where he will meet compatriot Yohan Blake, who won the other semi final.
In the other semi-final, the Czech Republic and the USA are tied at 1-1.
Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan beat Germany's Mischa Zverev 6-7 6-4 7-6 and will play Victor Hanescu is the other semi-final after the Romanian eased past home favourite Michail Elgin 6-1 6-4.
Brazil had struggled to produce their fluent passing game and, until the winner from Alves, gave South Africa the scent of creating a similar upset to the other semi-final which saw the United States beat Spain.
Rotherham beat Aldershot 1-0 in the other semi-final first leg, with the final scheduled for Sunday 30 May.
The other semi-final will see Fernando Verdasco of Spain, the number six seed, take on Marin Cilic after the Croat qualifier overcame Latvia's Ernests Gulbis 6-4 6-4.
Fordham will play Mervyn King in the final after he beat Tony O'Shea 5-1 in the other semi-final.
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In the other semi-final South Africa take on Argentina, and I think the Pumas have run their course.
Li faces Magdalena Rybarikova in the final after her 3-6 6-0 6-3 win over Sania Mirza in the other semi-final.
That sequence of victories also included an 18-2 win over Warrington in the only other Challenge Cup final meeting between the two clubs at Wembley way back in 1936.
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However, Cahill and then Pienaar also had pot-shots at the other end and when the final whistle went it was hard to argue that a draw was the right result.
Anthony, who scored a game-high 42 points, made what turned out to be the game-winning layup with 12 seconds left, and Atlanta's Josh Smith missed a wide-open triple on the other end just before the final horn.
Stephen Hendry will play Matthew Stevens in the other semi-final after both secured easy wins.
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Fulham, meanwhile, are making the 570-mile road journey to Hamburg in Germany for the other semi-final.
Henin will now play either Svetlana Kuznetsova of Alona Bondarenko who play in the other semi-final.
In the other quarter-final matches, Spain's Verdasco beat Germany's Rainer Schuettler 7-5 6-2.
Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick meet in the other semi-final on Friday.
If they win, they will be in action 24 hours later against the winners of the other semi-final between Madagascar and Mauritius.
Andy Roddick will meet compatriot Jan Michael Gambill in the other semi-final.
In the other semi-final, Slovakia's Michal Mertinak and Karol Beck upset Argentina's Mariano Puerta and David Nalbandian 7-6 7-5 7-6 to go 2-1 up.
The American will now face top seed Paradorn Srichaphan after the Thai player beat wild card Nicolas Kiefer 6-0 6-2 in the other semi-final.
The possibility of an all-English final at the Nordbank Arena in Hamburg went unrealised after Atletico's away-goals victory over Liverpool in the other semi-final.
The Essex left-hander will be hoping to mark his 30th birthday on Sunday with a win over Peter Ebdon, who beat Quinten Hann in the other semi-final.
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In the other semi-final, New Zealand prevailed 29-12 over Fiji.
"I think it's in the best interests of players and the tour to keep the sport as clean as possible, " said Sharapova, who plays Anna Chakvetadze in the other semi-final.
Fiji thrashed Pacific neighbours Tonga, South Africa whitewashed France and Manu Samoa showed their class with a carefully controlled demolition of 15-a-side world champions Australia to take the other semi-final places.
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