Hampden Park officials have moved to allay fears about the state of the pitch ahead of this weekends Scottish Cup semi-finals. Geoff Cameron Jersey . The playing surface at Scotlands national stadium has been relaid since last Sundays Petrofac Training Cup final but Peter Dallas, managing director of Hampden Park Ltd, believes it will cope with Saturdays match between Hibernian and Dundee United and the Celtic and Rangers showdown on Sunday.Dallas told Sky Sports News HQ on Thursday: The pitch is looking excellent. We are very pleased with the installation. The installation was completed on Tuesday night at 8pm. The process started on Sunday immediately after the Petrofac Cup final. We are very pleased with the surface, its been cut this morning and its looking good. We are looking forward to an excellent weekend of football. Its been well documented that there were certain areas where the grass was not developing as well as we expected. We had professional analysis taken on the pitch and therefore we had a decision to make.The overriding factors were that the pitch may have developed over the next few weeks or so, however there was a chance that the pitch may go backwards and might regress. There have been numerous problems with the pitch at Hampden in the past A big decision was made that we should relay the turf - that was a tall order for the installation company. Weve worked very closely with our supply chain and Im delighted to say that all parties came round the table and you can see the magnificent results over 48 hours work.The cost is cost neutral to Hampden Park Ltd. All parties have come together we have a good amicable relationship and we have installed the pitch at no cost to Hampden Park Ltd.We expect that this pitch will play well over the next few weeks and for time to come. Also See: Souness: Celtic big favourites Forrester to miss out Warburton: Derby just the start Stubbs: Promotion priority Nick Rimando USA Jersey . Both sides came closest to scoring in the first half, when Roma had a goal from Mattia Destro waved off for offside and Inters Rodrigo Palacio headed high. "A draw was a fair result. Neither squad had many chances," Roma midfielder Miralem Pjanic said. DeAndre Yedlin USA Jersey . He managed to save par, and went on to put together his best opening round of the year. Calcavecchia and Wes Short Jr. http://www.usasoccerauthority.com/juan-agudelo-usa-jersey/ . Rico dove horizontally to meet Andoni Iraolas precise long cross from the right to score his second league goal of the season in the 33rd minute. Two minutes later, Aritz Aduriz netted Bilbaos second when he raced forward and pounced on a poor clearance by Villarreal defender Mateo Musacchio, sending a low shot rolling past goalkeeper Sergio Asenjo.BAD GASTEIN, Austria -- Sara Errani made a successful transition from grass to clay with a straight-sets win over Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic at the Gastein Ladies on Tuesday, three days after winning the doubles title at Wimbledon with fellow Italian Roberta Vinci. The 14th-ranked Errani, who was seeded second, saved five of six break points against her serve to defeat Siniakova 6-3, 6-2. Errani, who next plays Paula Ormaechea of Argentina, is the highest ranked player left in the event after top-seeded Flavia Pennetta pulled out injured on Monday. Earlier, defending champion Yvonne Meusburger edged Tereza Smitkova of the Czech Republic 7-6 (9), 4-6, 7-5 to reach the second round. Paul Arriola USA Jersey. The sixth-seeded Austrian won four straight games from 5-3 down in the final set to close out the victory. The 99th-ranked Smitkova led 30-0 while serving for the match at 5-4 but failed to score another point in the game. Also, No. 3 Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain defeated Laura Siegemund of Germany 7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-4; No. 4 and 2009 champion Andrea Petkovic of Germany beat Jana Cepelova of the Czech Republic 7-6 (8), 7-5; No. 5 Elina Svitolina of Ukraine downed Patricia Mayr-Achleitner of Austria 6-1, 6-4; and No. 7 Camila Giorgi of Italy defeated last years finalist, Andrea Hlavackova of the Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-3. ' ' '