LAUNCESTON Tennis International tournament wildcard Blake Mott caused an upset in Friday's men's singles quarter-finals when he defeated ninth seed Stephane Robert, of France.
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The nineteen-year-old was impressive in his 6-3, 7-6, victory and held his nerve in a tense tie-break to qualify for the last four.
Meanwhile, Luke Saville had a straight sets win over countryman Alex Bolt, while third seed Saketh Myneni was too strong for Ben Mitchell.
Matthew Barton, who upset second seed Jordan Thompson in the opening round, pushed eighth seed and former world number 33 Andrey Golubev, before losing 6-3 in the third.
In women's quarter-finals action, the top two remaining seeds Risa Ozaki and Xinyun Han had comfortable victories over their opponents, while Vania King, of the US, easily defeated the last Australian in the women's draw Jessica Moore 6-3, 6-1.
Russia's Alla Kudryavtseva took three sets to overcome Nadiia Kichenok.
In the night session, a large crowd saw a fabulous women's doubles final, where China's Xiaodi You and Lin Zhu come from a set down to upset tournament top seeds Nadiia Kichenok and Mandy Minella.
The men's doubles final was an all-Australian affair between Luke Saville and Jordan Thompson against Dayne Kelly and Matt Reid.
It was a classicfinal, with Saville and Thompson eventually clinching a third set tie-break 13-11.
