He remains to this day the only unseeded player ever to win the singles title in Cincinnati.
He is the only unseeded player left in the draw.
Four singles matches involving unseeded players were completed this afternoon.
Drada is 29-20 this year and will try to become the first unseeded player to win the singles title since 1997.
If she wins, she would be only the second unseeded player to win the Australian in the open era.
Perhaps the most notable women's match of the day, however, involved two unseeded players.
Mardle lost to Taylor for the second year running, following a third round defeat as an unseeded player in 2003.
In the process, she also became the first unseeded player and wildcard to win the tournament.
For, as an unseeded player, he reached the singles final.
They were the first unseeded players to win this competition in five years.