Thursday, September 11, 2008

Top-seeded Gasquet advances to BCR quarterfinals

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -Top-seeded Richard Gasquet defeated Romania's Victor Crivoi 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the quarterfinals of the BCR Open Romania on Thursday.

Gasquet conceded only 11 points on serve against the wild card Crivoi, and will next face Russia's Teimuraz Gabashvili, who beat another local wild card, Adrian Cruciat, 6-1, 6-2.

Also, eighth-seeded Jose Acasuso, the 2004 champion, defeated fellow Argentine Martin Vassallo Arguello 6-4, 7-5 for a third straight time. Acasuso had to rally from 4-1 down in the first set and 3-0 behind in the second.


In another second-round match, Ivan Navarro of Spain beat Denis Gremelmayr 6-3, 1-0 after the German retired with a left ankle injury.




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