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Moya does it the hard way

Moya does it the hard way

17/07/2008 8:48 AM

Former world No.1 Carlos Moya has come from behind to win through to the quarter-finals of the Croatia Open.

Moya defeated Serbian Viktor Troicki 3-6 7-6 (7-2) 7-5 to set up a battle in the next round with Italian seventh seed Fabio Fognini, who defeated compatriot Filippo Volandri 6-4 6-4.

Brazilian eighth seed Marcos Daniel, however, suffered a 6-4 6-2 defeat at the hands of German Mischa Zverev.

At the Austrian Open, seeds Potito Starace and Eduardo Schwank both advanced to the final eight with straight-sets victories.

Also through were Romanian Victor Hanescu and Argentine Brian Dabul.

Meanwhile, top-seeded Frenchman Marc Gicquel and third seed Steve Darcis are through to the quarter-finals of the Dutch Open.

Gicquel defeated local hope Thiemo de Bakker 7-6 (8-6) 6-3, while Darcis was too strong for Spaniard Albert Martin 6-1 7-6 (7-5).

Seventh seed Martin Vassallo Arguello departed, beaten 6-4 6-0 by Russian Teimuraz Gabashvili, and Christophe Rochus ousted German Philipp Petzschner 6-3 6-4.

Results

Second round of the Dutch Open, Amersfoort
1-Marc Gicquel (France) def. Thiemo de Bakker (Netherlands) 7-6 (8-6) 6-3
3-Steve Darcis (Belgium) def. Albert Martin (Spain) 6-1 7-6 (7-5)
Teimuraz Gabashvili (Russia) def. 7-Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG) 6-4 6-0
Christophe Rochus (Belgium) d Philipp Petzschner (Germany) 6-3 6-4

Second round of the Croatia Open, Umag
1-Fernando Verdasco (Spain) def. Mathieu Montcourt (France) 7-6 (7-5) 6-1
3-Carlos Moya (Spain) def. Viktor Troicki (Serbia) 3-6 7-6 (7-2) 7-5
7-Fabio Fognini (Italy) def. Filippo Volandri (ITA) 6-4 6-4
Mischa Zverev (Germany) def. 8-Marcos Daniel (Brazil) 6-4 6-2

Secound round of the Austrian Open, Kitzbuhel
4-Potito Starace (Italy) def. Daniel Koellerer (Austria) 6-4 6-3
5-Eduardo Schwank (Argentina) def. Daniel Brands (Germany) 6-1 6-4
Victor Hanescu (Romania) def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) 6-2 6-1
Brian Dabul (Argentina) def. Ivo Minar (Czech Republic) 6-4 6-3

 
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