Friday, April 10, 2009

Andreev advances to quarterfinals in Casablanca

CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) -Igor Andreev of Russia rallied to beat Nicolas Devilder of France 6-7 (11), 7-6 (5), 6-4 Thursday and reach the quarterfinals of the Grand Prix Hassan II.

The top-seeded Andreev will next play sixth-seeded Marc Gicquel of France, who beat Mischa Zverev of Germany 6-4, 7-5.

Gicquel broke Zverev at 5-5 before converting his third match point with a forehand winner down the line. Zverev wasted five break points in the first set.


Florent Serra of France also advanced. The fifth-seeded Serra defeated Olivier Rochus of Belgium 6-3, 6-3 and will next face Teimuraz Gabashvili of Russia, who beat Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo of Spain 6-4, 6-4.




Montanes, Ferrero, Gil reach Casablanca quarters