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Fri 07 Jul 2007Niland keeps his run going at FitzwilliamIrish OpenBefore this week Conor Niland had never won a match at an ATP Challenger event but, evidently, he's cracked the code. Last night at Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club the Limerick man won his third match in as many days, beating Sweden's Bjorn Rehnquist 6-4, 6-3, to reach the semi-finals of the Shelbourne Irish Open.Earlier, Irish number one Louk Sorensen was beaten in straight sets by Martin Pedersen of Denmark, making Niland the sole home representative in the last four, where he will play India's Rohan Bopanna today (6pm).