1 Shiranui Tsukiko    10 Ash Ketchum
[s]4 Trevor Walton[/s]        [s]11 Morrison[/s]
[s]6 Nando[/s]                   14 Liam Coleman
7 Wally                     [s]15 Harrison[/s]

The first semi-final battle was on and Wally opened with a Magnezone.  Sunakaba had set up a Stealth Rock and Shiranui switched the Hippowdon for Niwatori after Magnezone used Magnet Rise to make itself immune to Ground attacks.  A Fire Blast and a Quick Attack finished off Magnezone.  Wally sent out Azumarill next and Shiranui switched Niwatori out for Manectric.  Needless to say, one Thunder attack was enough to knock Azumarill out.[hr]Next was Garchomp and Shiranui switched Manectric out for Hoshi.  Garchomp was swiftly defeated by a Blizzard attack compliments of Hoshi.  Shiranui kept Hoshi out when Wally sent out his Roserade.  Roserade had suffered a critical hit from Hoshi's Psychic attack and was thus knocked out.[hr]Wally sent out his Talonflame and Shiranui now knew how others felt when they battled Honoh.  A critical hit from Talonflame's Acrobatics attack left Hoshi's core flashing.  Shiranui sent Manectic out for another round.  After Manectric was hit by an Acrobatics attack—doing a lot of damage for a resisted hit—she conjured a storm cloud and zapped Talonflame into submission with a Thunderbolt.[hr]Shiranui knew the real battle was starting when Wally called out his headliner Gallade.  He switched Manectric out and sent in Titania.  Both battlers had mega evolved and while Gallade was slashing Titania left and right with multiple Leaf Blades, Titania soon had him on the ropes through a Psychic attack and a souped-up Hyper Voice.  Gallade's right fist glowed with a putrid purple colour as he got a Poison Jab ready.  Titania however used Destiny Bond before she was struck for enough damage to knock her out.  The Gardevoir's Destiny Bond took Gallade out as well and Shiranui advanced to the grand final where he would likely face Liam once again.

1 Shiranui Tsukiko    10 Ash Ketchum
[s]4 Trevor Walton[/s]        [s]11 Morrison[/s]
[s]6 Nando[/s]                   14 Liam Coleman
[s]7 Wally[/s]                     [s]15 Harrison[/s]