The Swedish Match Cup rolled to the mid-point of the semifinals today for four crews, while four others were left wondering what could’ve been after the quarterfinal round at the Swedish Match Tour’s final event of the 2003-’04 season.

The semis were suspended this afternoon with Peter Gilmour’s (AUS) Pizza-La Sailing Team leading Chris Law’s (GBR) crew, The Outlaws, 2-0 in one match. In the other semifinal match Magnus Holmberg’s (SWE) SeaLife Rangers crew is tied with Russell Coutts’ (NZL) crew of Danish sailors 1-1. The semifinal matches are best-of-five series, or first to 3 points.

This morning’s quarterfinal round brought an abrupt end to the title aspirations to the crews led by skippers Ed Baird (USA), Jesper Bank (DEN), Karol Jablonski (POL) and Lars Nordbjerg (DEN). Baird lost to Holmberg, 2-1, while Bank, Jablonski and Nordbjerg lost 2-0 to Coutts, Gilmour and Law, respectively.

SEMIFINAL RESULTS (First to 3 points)

Flight 1 : Peter Gilmour (AUS) def. Chris Law (GBR) - Magnus Holmberg (SWE) def. Russell Coutts (NZL)

Flight 2 : Peter Gilmour def. Chris Law - Russell Coutts def. Magnus Holmberg

Flight 3 : Peter Gilmour def. Chris Law - Russell Coutts def. Magnus Holmberg

Flight 4 : Russell Coutts def. Magnus Holmberg

QUARTERFINAL ROUND (First to 2 points wins)

Flight 1 : Chris Law (GBR) def. Lars Nordbjerg (DEN) - Peter Gilmour (AUS) def. Karol Jablonski (POL) - Russell Coutts (NZL) def. Jesper Bank (DEN) - Ed Baird (USA) def. Magnus Holmberg (SWE)

Flight 2 : Chris Law def. Lars Nordbjerg - Peter Gilmour def. Karol Jablonski - - Russell Coutts def. Jesper Bank - Magnus Holmberg def. Ed Baird

Flight 3 : Magnus Holmberg def Ed Baird