Rafael Nadal dug out from a deficit to beat Jack Sock and book a China Open semi-last meeting with his US Open hero Fabio Fognini.
The third seed's 3 6-4 6-3 win in Beijing took the 29-year-old to a first hard-court semi in over a year.
Novak Djokovic extended his triumphant streak to 27 matches with a 6-2 6-2 win over John Isner and the Serb will meet David Ferrer in the last four.
Agnieszka Radwanska and Ana Ivanovic are both through in the women' sdraw.
Italian Fognini, 28, beat Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas 6-1 2 6-2 to set up a meeting with Nadal, who he crushed in the third round at Flushing Meadows.
Nadal's kindred Spaniard Ferrer, 33, defeated Taiwan's Lu Yen-Hsun in straight sets to set up his match with 28-year-old world number one Djokovic.
Radwanska, 26, beat Angelique Kerber 6-1 6-4 in her quarter-last, while Serb Ivanovic, 27, saw off Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-3 7-5.
Radwanska will confront Wimbledon finalist Garbine Muguruza, after the 22-year-old Venezuelan beat American Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-1 7-5.
Ivanovic will tackle Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky, who conquered a stunning first set to overcome Sara Errani of Italy 0 6-3 7-5.
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