World number two Rafael Nadal of Spain led an exodus of seeds at Queen's Club on Friday.

The victims of seeds included third seed Fernando Gonzalez, number four Novak Djokovic and fifth seed Ivan Ljubicic, with French players doing most of the damage.

Andy Roddick, however, survived and will be favorite to claim his fourth title here in five years after reaching the semi-finals with a 6-4, 7-6 win over Croatian wildcard Marin Cilic.

Top seed Nadal was toppled 7-5, 7-6 by 106th-ranked Nicolas Mahut of France who earlier disposed of Ljubicic in a rain-delayed third-round match.

Nadal squandered break point opportunities at 5-5 in the second set. Mahut took the tiebreak 7-0.

"It's the best day in my tennis life," said Mahut, the 2000 junior champion at Wimbledon.

"I beat Ljubicic this morning and Rafa now. To beat two top-10 players in the same day is amazing," he said.

Arnaud Clement completed a good day for France, winning back-to-back matches to set up a semi with his friend Mahut.

Serbian fourth seed Djokovic, a semi-finalist at Roland Garros, went down 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 to Clement.

The 14th-seeded Frenchman was back on court less than four hours later to fell towering Croatian Ivo Karlovic 7-5, 6-4.

Third seed Gonzalez looked to be heading towards a showdown with Roddick until he succumbed 6-3, 6-7, 6-4 to Dmitry Tursunov in a match twice interrupted by showers.

(Xinhua News Agency June 16, 2007)