Denmark’s Jesper Radich advanced to the semifinals of Stage 1 of the Swedish Match Tour 2004-’05, the Portugal Match Cup, with a 3-0 quarterfinal victory over France’s Bertrand Pacé.

The Radich-Pacé match was the only one completed in the quarterfinal round. Ed Baird (USA) ended the day with a 2-1 lead over Philippe Presti (FRA). The pair was set to start what could’ve been the fourth and deciding flight when a large windshift and drop in pressure forced the race committee to abandon racing at 7:00 p.m.

Other quarterfinal matches feature Russell Coutts (NZL) against Staffan Lindberg (FIN) and Peter Gilmour (AUS) versus Peter Holmberg (USVI). Neither was started today, but both are scheduled for tomorrow.

Lindberg and Presti advanced to the quarters from the repechage round, which finished this afternoon. Lindberg won the five-flight series with a 5-0 record, while Presti finished second at 4-1.

Chris Law (GBR), Michael Dunstan (AUS), Geoff Meek (RSA) and Francisco Neto (POR) were all eliminated from competition after placing 3rd through 6th in the repechage round.

QUARTERFINAL ROUND DAY 1

Flight 1 : Ed Baird (USA) def. Philippe Presti (FRA) - Jesper Radich (DEN) def. Bertrand Pacé (FRA)

Flight 2 : Philippe Presti (FRA) def. Ed Baird (USA) - Jesper Radich (DEN) def. Bertrand Pacé (FRA)

Flight 3 : Ed Baird (USA) def. Philippe Presti (FRA) - Jesper Radich (DEN) def. Bertrand Pacé (FRA)

REPECHAGE ROUND DAY 2

Flight 4 : Michael Dunstan (AUS) def. Staffan Lindberg (FIN) - Francisco Neto (POR) def. Philippe Presti (FRA) - Geoff Meek (RSA) def. Chris Law (GBR)

Flight 5 - Michael Dunstan (AUS) def. Francisco Neto (POR) - Staffan Lindberg (FIN) def. Geoff Meek (RSA) - Philippe Presti (FRA) def. Chris Law (GBR)