Michelle Wie rallied to beat Angel Yin in the LPGA Tour's Lorena Ochoa Match Play to join Ariya Jutanugarn, Sei Young Kim and Mi Jung Hur in the semi-finals.
Four down after 11 holes at Club de Golf Mexico, American Wie twice rallied to tie the long-hitting Yin and won with a birdie on the par-5 20th hole.
"I think it was the definition of survival out there," Wie said.
"She played so good. She eagled two and six. I think she was five under in seven holes. She played great."
Wie set up a match against Kim, a 5-and-4 winner over Karine Icher in the event that switched from stroke to match play and moved from November.
Wie is winless since the 2014 US Women's Open.
She won the then-Lorena Ochoa Invitational in stroke play in 2009 in Guadalajara for her first tour title.
The third-ranked Jutanugarn lost a 3-up lead to Cristie Kerr before finishing off the 39-year-old American with a par on the 19th hole.
Kerr won three weeks ago in Hawaii and lost to Haru Nomura last week on the sixth hole of a playoff in Texas.
Hur had two 1-up victories, knocking off top-ranked Lydia Ko in the round of 16 in the morning and edging Shanshan Feng 1-up in the afternoon.
In the round of 16 in the morning, Wie topped Marina Alex 5 and 4; Yin beat Sandra Gal 3 and 2; Jutanugarn defeated Pernilla Lindberg 5 and 3; Kim edged Charley Hull 3 and 1; Feng beat Brooke Henderson 1 up; Icher topped Angela Stanford 1 up; and Kerr knocked out Cydney Clanton 3 and 2.
Ko advanced far enough in the tournament to keep the No.1 ranking.
The event is the LPGA Tour's first match-play tournament since 2012.
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