Nadal marches into semi-finals

French Open champion Rafael Nadal marched into his first Wimbledon semi-final with a straight-sets victory over Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen.

Nadal won 6-3 6-4 6-4 on Court One and will now take on Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis tomorrow for the right to face either defending champion Roger Federer or Sweden’s Jonas Bjorkman in Sunday’s fnal.