FLUSHING, New York (Ticker) -- Martina and Venus, again.

Top seed Martina Hingis of Switzerland set up a semifinal rematch with third seed Venus Williams as she continued her dominance of former champion Monica Seles Tuesday night at the U.S. Open.

Hingis routed the sixth-seeded Seles, 6-0, 7-5 and the "Swiss Miss" will face Williams in the U.S. Open for the third time in four years. Hingis beat Williams in the 1997 final and again in last year's semifinals in three sets before losing to her sister.

The third-seeded Williams rebounded from a lackluster second set with a dominating third and got past eighth seed Nathalie Tauziat, 6-4, 1-6, 6-1 this afternoon as she moved into the semifinals for the fourth straight year.

Tonight's finale proved to be a thriller as American Todd Martin rallied from two sets down for the fourth time in his U.S. Open career, defeating Carlos Moya of Spain in a fourth-round marathon between unseeded players.

The match lasted four hours, 15 minutes and featured 414 points just a day after each player won his third-round match.

Martin, a 1999 finalist, won, 6-7 (3-7), 6-7 (7-9), 6-1, 7-6 (8-6), 6-2 to advance to the quarterfinals against Thomas Johansson of Sweden. Earlier, Johansson advanced to his second U.S. Open quarterfinal in three years by defeating Australian qualifier Wayne Arthurs, 6-4, 6-7 (0-7), 6-3, 6-4.

Johansson has not faced a seeded player thus far and his matchup with Martin assures that an unseeded man will reach the semifinals.

Earlier Tuesday, third seed Magnus Norman failed to carry over the momentum from Sunday's dramatic five-set victory as Germany's Nicolas Kiefer ousted the error-prone Swede, 6-2, 6-7 (3-7), 6-1, 6-3, to reach the quarterfinals.

Hingis, lost just 10 games through four rounds, needed only 14 minutes to take the first set, winning 24 of 30 points. Seles, who failed to win a game in her previous match against Hingis, committed 12 unforced errors and three double faults in the set.

"Maybe I panicked a bit," said Seles. "Against Martina, you're not going to get any free points. I started making so many unforced errors."

It was not until she was down 3-1 in the second set that Seles began to get into the match as she broke Hingis. Seles was a point away from tying the set at 4-4, but she double-faulted twice to set up a break point for Hingis, who took advantage with a forehand winner.

Seles squandered five break point opportunities in the next game before converting the sixth with a backhand winner. She held serve to tie it, but that was as close as she got.

"I tried to get back into it in the end," said Seles, "but it was way too late. My timing got a little better, but even in the second set I still miss-timed a lot of balls, and she made a couple of unforced errors at key times and let me back into the match."

Threatened with the possibility of losing her first set of the tournament, Hingis won eight of the next 10 points to close out the match in 62 minutes and advance to the U.S. Open semifinals for the fifth straight year.

"I was just happy to close it out because I had a few chances, and she started playing better," said Hingis. "I probably made a step back, but when you focus really that much in the first set, I was cruising through, everything happens too fast."

Seles is a two-time U.S. Open champion but Hingis beat her for the sixth consecutive time -- all in straight sets -- and for the 11th time in 13 career meetings.

Hingis has reached the final here the last three years. She has five titles this season but has not captured a Grand Slam since the 1999 Australian Open.

The 26-year-old Seles, who won this event in 1991 and 1992, fell to 0-10 in matches vs. the current top four in the world this season.

After winning the first set, Williams appeared out of sync against her French opponent in the second as she committed 13 unforced errors and lost her serve twice in dropping her first set of the tournament.

"There's no excuse. I just didn't play up to par," Williams said of the second set. "I was a little bit upset, but I managed to get through."

The reigning Wimbledon champion regained her focus in the decisive final set. She jumped out to a 4-0 lead and eventually served out the match in 89 minutes.

"I don't feel I had my best performance, to say the least," said Williams, who committed 31 unforced errors and 10 double faults. "In the end, the win is on the record. I move forward."

Williams extended her winning streak to a WTA Tour season-high 24 matches and remained on track for a fifth straight tournament win.

She has not lost since the French Open quarterfinals and is looking to become the first female player to win five straight titles since Hingis claimed six straight in 1997.

There is also a potential meeting against younger sister and reigning U.S. Open champion Serena Williams looming in the final.

Making her 15th U.S. Open appearance, the 32-year-old Tauziat reached her first quarterfinal here after eliminating 1994 champion Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario in the fourth round.

"After two sets, I didn't have any pleasure to play," Tauziat said. "In the quarterfinal of a Grand Slam, you have to take your chances, and I didn't."

Although she had said she would retire at the end of this season, Tauziat has reconsidered and now says she will play a limited schedule in 2001.

Martin hit 24 aces and 94 winners against 57 unforced errors. Moya committed 13 double faults and 53 unforced errors with 63 winners. He converted only one of 18 break opportunities.

The first two sets each lasted 66 minutes. Martin was serving for the first set at 6-5, but Moya notched his only break to force a tiebreaker, which he won by taking the final four points. Martin squandered four set point opportunities in the second set, including two in the tiebreaker.

In the pivotal fourth set, Moya fought off three set points to force yet another tiebreaker. Moya had match point at 6-5 but his forehand lob sailed over the baseline. Martin took the next two points to force a fifth set.

Martin won the first four games of the final set and closed out the match when Moya's lob attempt sailed wide. An exuberant Martin slammed down his racket and raised his arms in triumph.

It was Martin's seventh career comeback from two sets down. Last year at the U.S. Open, Martin rallied from 0-2 deficit to defeat Greg Rusedski in the round of 16.

Moya and Martin had to complete their third-round victories on Monday due to rain. Moya ousted eighth seed Alex Corretja, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, and Martin upended No. 10 Cedric Pioline, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3, 6-2. Martin was a runnerup to Andre Agassi last year while Moya, who has had back problems since last year, was a semifinalist in 1998.

Playing with a sore throat, Norman never got on track against the 14th-seeded Kiefer as he lost his serve eight times. He committed 59 unforced errors and eight double faults.

"He (Kiefer) played a good match and didn't make mistakes," Norman said. "As I felt today, I didn't hit the ball very good. I made too many mistakes."

Kiefer squandered two match points in the eighth game but closed out the three-hour match on his sixth match point with a forehand volley to move into his second Grand Slam quarterfinal of the year. He also avenged a four-set loss to Norman in the quarters of the Australian Open in January.

"I played a great match today. I played my game," Kiefer said. "I didn't give him (Norman) the chance to play his game. That's what you have to do."

Norman's loss leaves four-time champion and No. 4 Pete Sampras as the highest remaining men's seed. Agassi, the top seed, was eliminated in the second round and second seed Gustavo Kuerten lost in the first round.

Kiefer's quarterfinal opponent will be sixth seed Marat Safin of Russia, who powered past uninspired 12th seed Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2, to advance to his first U.S. Open quarterfinal and second Grand Slam quarterfinal this year. He also reached the round of eight at the French Open.

Safin, who pulled out five-set wins in his last two matches, had a much-needed breather against Ferrero as he needed only 83 minutes to take out the Spaniard. The Russian fired 14 aces and held distinct advantages in winners, 30-18, and points won, 92-58.

"I passed one match from four sets and two matches in five sets, the last in the tiebreak," Safin said. "I was lucky to win two days ago, so now I was lucky to win this match so easy."