Andy Murray overcame an ankle injury and staved off two match points on his way to a 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 victory over Haas in the Pacific Life Open.
In the semi-finals, the 13th seeded Murray will meet 12th seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia, who overpowered 14th seed David Ferrer of Spain 6-3 6-4.
Rafael Nadal outmuscled Tommy Robredo for his 47th consecutive claycourt victory.
Rafael Nadal extended his winning streak on clay to 46 after he edged out fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro at the Barcelona Open.
Both scored straight-set victories in Friday's semi-finals.
Roger Federer beat Tommy Haas 6-1, 6-3 in the fourth round in Miami.
The French Open champion will open his 2006 season at the Chennai Open starting on January 2.
Germany's Tommy Haas beat third seed Nikolay Davydenko 6-3, 2-6, 1-6, 6-1, 7-5 to enter the semi-final.
Spain are experiencing their worst French Open campaign for almost 20 years despite having Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer through to the fourth round.
Call it sacrifice or compromise but Coric is ditching the sinful tiramisu.
The world number one was pushed by the Russian but survived to book his place in the last four of the Australian Open against German Nicolas Kiefer.
Sebastien Grosjean upset sixth seed Guillermo Coria while Tommy Robredo beat James Blake
Woods, who has three Open wins in his 14 Majors, will be a big contender on Sunday as Carnoustie Golf Links was benign and amiable with no wind and perfect weather.
The German became the first player to enter the final with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Argentina's Guillermo Coria.
The top seed stormed into the Qatar Open final with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Germany's Tommy Haas.
Haas had earlier defeated Russia's Mikhail Youzhny with an identical 6-4, 6-3 score.
Britain's Tim Henman lost 6-2, 7-6 to German Tommy Haas in the second round of the Qatar Open on Wednesday.
Retired general Tommy Franks, former CIA director George Tenet and former Iraq administrator L. Paul Bremer received the the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States.
Israel's Hanna Laslo won the best actress prize for her performance in "Free Zone", a drama envisioning a Middle East freed of its borders.
Four of Nadal's closest rivals failed to make the last 16, however, as third seed Ivan Ljubicic, fifth seed Nikolay Davydenko, eighth seed James Blake and ninth seed Marcos Baghdatis were upset in their ties.
Roger Federer slumped to a shock 2-6, 7-6(8), 6-4 loss to German veteran Tommy Haas at the Stuttgart Open on Wednesday in a disappointing comeback after the 18-times grand-slam champion missed the entire claycourt season.
Croatian Ivan Ljubicic grabbed the last ticket to the eight-strong Masters Cup on Friday.
People magazine has named former England football player David Beckham as its Sexiest Man Alive for 2015.
Third and fourth seeds Nikolay Davydenko and Guillermo Coria were eliminated in the Madrid Masters.
Ivan Ljubicic reached his second final in two weeks when he beat fifth-seeded Spaniard Tommy Robredo.
Second seed Hewitt survived an enterprising challenge from Czech Lukas Dlouhy while Haas edged past 147th-ranked Irakli Labadze at the Thailand Open.
Roger Federer beat Russian Mikhail Youzhny at the Dubai Open on Saturday.
Tommy Haas beat Russia's Dmitry Tursunov 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 in the final of the Los Angeles Open.
The top seeds were shocked by Tommy Haas of Germany and Jurgen Melzer of Austria in the \nPilot Pen tournament.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday
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