 Fisher produced a fine win over Furyk in the Arizona desert
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England's Ross Fisher and Northern Ireland teenager Rory McIlroy both secured impressive 4&3 wins at the WGC Accenture Match Play in Arizona.
But there was a setback for England's Luke Donald as he was forced to concede his match with Ernie Els on the 18th with a wrist problem.
McIlroy eased past South Africa's Tim Clark, while Fisher beat American Jim Furyk to make the quarter-finals.
England's Paul Casey later secured a 4&2 victory over Sweden's Peter Hanson.
Casey was denied a dream match-up against Ryder Cup team-mate Ian Poulter, who slipped to a 2&1 loss against American Sean O'Hair.
Oliver Wilson took America's Justin Leonard to an extra hole, but the Englishman bogeyed the 19th hole to slip to defeat.
Geoff Ogilvy, winner of the tournament in 2006, beat Colombia's Camilo Villegas to set-up a match against McIlroy.
The youngster is playing his first tournament in America since turning professional but he showed his rapidly growing maturity in dominating Clark, who beat world number one Tiger Woods in the previous round.
The 19-year-old won the first two holes, was four up after six and rarely looked threatened on his way to claiming victory on the 15th.
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He was joined in the last eight by Fisher, who beat former US Open champion Furyk, a day after crushing American Pat Perez 6&5 in the second round.
Fisher was three up at the turn before Furyk rallied by winning the 11th hole. However, Fisher restored his advantage when he holed a 52ft putt.
The dogged Furyk won the 13th, but Fisher moved up another gear and won two holes in a row to also seal victory at the 15th.
Meanwhile, Donald's tournament ended when he complained of weakness in his left wrist - the same joint that required surgery last year.
The concession came with Donald still in with a chance in his match, as he trailed by one to Els going down the last fairway.
But the Englishman decided to call it quits in order to prevent further damage, saying: "I didn't want to risk it. I felt a little twitching and I wanted to play it safe so I conceded the match."
Stewart Cink edged an all-American battle with Phil Mickelson to earn the right to face Els.
Quarter-final draw
Rory McIlroy (NI) v Geoff Ogilvy (Aus)
Ernie Els (RSA) v Stewart Cink (US)
Sean O'Hair (US) v Paul Casey (Eng)
Ross Fisher (Eng) v Justin Leonard (US)
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