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They had come into the tournament unseeded after only starting to work together in April.

A tough draw at the French Open, where he was unseeded for the first time, led to a straight-set defeat by German fourth seed Alexander Zverev on Monday.

After a medical recovery period that left him sidelined from most tournaments, Nadal is entering his potentially last French Open as an unseeded player.

No. 2 seed Montana will host unseeded but nine-time champion North Dakota State in the other semifinal on Saturday.

If unseeded Irvine upsets Gonzaga, an eighth seed, it will face the winner of the Tennessee-Nebraska match with a berth in the Elite Eight on the line, which would be its first.