Casares, Spain (My Sportsbook) - Anthony Kim, Robert Allenby, Masters champion Angel Cabrera and Ross Fisher advanced to Saturday's semifinals of the Volvo World Match Play Championship.

On Friday, the four groups involved in the competition completed action at Finca Cortesin Golf Club.

The four players in each group -- 16 overall -- competed in an 18-hole round robin format on Thursday and Friday against the other three players in their group. Two points were awarded for a win, one for a tie and zero for a loss.

The first semifinalist to clinch was Kim.

On Thursday, the American handled Retief Goosen 4-up then topped Paul Casey 3- up, meaning Kim had four points heading into Friday. Kim lost to Scott Strange 3-down on Friday, which meant it came down to the tiebreaker.

All matches were played through to the 18th hole so that total number of holes won could be used in case of ties.

Kim, Strange and Goosen all had four points, but Kim won four more holes than he lost. In fact, it was an eagle at the last against Strange on Friday that gave him the one additional hole won that stopped Strange from advancing.

"I'm glad this points system is set up now," said Kim. "I'm very fortunate. I knew on that second shot I needed to win the hole. Scott played unbelievable today. I'm glad it went my way this time."

Strange, who finished with three won holes, took second, followed by Goosen and Casey.

Kim's win sets up a very interesting semifinal match with Allenby.

Earlier this month, the two went at it in the Sunday singles of the Presidents Cup. Kim trounced Allenby 5 & 3 en route to a comfortable victory for the United States.

Afterwards, Allenby told members of the media that Kim got back to the hotel at 4 a.m. Sunday morning, just a few hours before their scheduled match. And, that Kim came home "sideways."

Later in the week, Allenby, Kim and the PGA Tour released statements on the matter, in which Allenby apologized, Kim accepted and the tour declared the matter over.

"I have talked to Robert," acknowledged Kim. "What's done is done. It's in the past now."

Saturday it's back in the present.

Allenby had three points after Thursday's win over Martin Kaymer and a halve with Sergio Garcia. On Friday, Allenby knocked off Oliver Wilson 2-up to give the Aussie five points.

Wilson had four points for second in Group B, followed by Garcia and Kaymer, who was shut out after Garcia beat the German 4-up on Friday.

Cabrera got two points on Thursday with a 5-up drubbing of Rory McIlroy, then came out Friday morning and lost 2-down to Henrik Stenson. The Masters winner had a spectacular afternoon on Friday, hammering Simon Dyson 7-up.

After three matches, Cabrera and McIlroy were tied with four points, but Cabrera finished plus-10 in the win column. That got him into Saturday's semifinal and left McIlroy in second, Stenson in third and Dyson fourth.

Fisher took a while to finally end his last match Friday, but it was worth it. When Lee Westwood and Camilo Villegas halved their final match Friday, the winner of the Fisher and Jeev Milkha Singh match would get the points needed to win and move on.

Fisher won three holes on the front side, and was 2-up with one to play, meaning he was guaranteed a berth in the semifinal. He made a mess of the 18th hole, but it hardly mattered.

The Englishman beat Villegas 2-up, but lost to Westwood, 2-down.