NEW YORK, Sept 8: The fosses by top-ranked Jim Courier and fourth-seeded Boris Becker further decimated the men's singles field in the US Open, but the men's doubles have been hard hit as well, reports AP.

Just two of the quarterfinalists were seeded teams

— No. 12 Ken Flach and Rick Leach, and No. 15 David Adams and Andrei Olhovsky. Both advanced to the semifinals.

Adams and Olhovsky ousted top-seeded Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde 6-2. 7-6 (7-3) In the third round, and advanced to the semis with a 7-6, 6-2 victory over unseeded Brad Pearce and Dave Randall.

Flach and Leach beat unseeded Jonas Bjorkman and Patrick Rafter 7-6, 6-2 In a match that ended around midnight Monday.

TROUBLE FOR NO. 1: Courier's loss to Cedric Ptollne In the fourth round meant that, for a record sixth consecutive year, the No. 1 men's seeded player will not win the title.

The last top-seeded winner was Ivan Lendl In 1987, when he beat Mats Wilandcr 6-7, 6-0, 7-6, 6-4 for the last of hts three consecutive championships.

On three occasions (1956-59, 1970-74, 1977-80) the top seed failed four years In a row to win the title.

BROKEN FINGER WONT SLOW MANUELA'S DREAM: What's a broken finger when you have a dream to finish? It's like that the«e victory-filled day* for Manuela Malecva-Fragniere.

Playing in what she say* will be her final US Open. Maleeva-Fragnlcrc reached the semifinal* Tuesday for the second straight year with a 7-5. 7-5 victory over Kimiko Date despite the pain of a broken left pinky.

The chipped bone ended her doubles tournament and threatened to knock her out of singles in the third round, but she played through the pain and won.

"Every match I have won here has been a dream, from the last three matches, since I broke my finger. 1 still cannot realize It," she said. "It seems so Incredible that I am in the semifinals. I would have never thought that this was possible."

Malceva-Fragnlere, seeded 11th, came back from a 3-1 deficit to win the first *et, then took almost an hour to finish the match.

A sprained ankle almost knocked her out of last year * US Open, and a toe Injury forced her to default In the quarterfinals of the 1992 Australian Open.

"I am Just so happy tn be on the court and being able to play." she said. "When 1 broke my finger 1 thought, "Why Is It me again at the moment when I am playing *o well, why doe* something Uke this have to happen again."

"I thought, if there Is a God up there, why Is he doing this to me? And now I see why he did IL Maybe this I* the way he made me play better."