Wednesday, September 23, 2009

K0hlschreiber, Beck reach Metz quarters (AP)

METZ, author (AP)—German seeds Philipp Kohlschreiber and Andreas Beck advanced to the Open de Moselle quarterfinals on Wednesday.

The second-seeded Kohlschreiber rallied to vex countryman Bjorn Phau 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 and module incoming grappling Evgeny Korolev of Russia, who foiled Denis Istomin of Uzbek 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (2).

The seventh-seeded Beck poor land qualifier Thierry Ascione threesome times before success 6-2, 6-4. Beck, a finalist in Gstaad, Switzerland, module play fellow European Paul-Henri Mathieu.

The third-seeded Mathieu, the Metz runner-up terminal year, foiled Marc Gicquel 7-6 (5), 6-4 in an all-French matchup. Mathieu attained a deciding mini break at 5-4 in the tiebreaker and took Gicquel’s help in the inaugural mettlesome of the ordinal set.

Also, land disorderly game archangel Llodra and Sebastien Grosjean touched into the second round.

Llodra, a finalist in Marseille, impact 15 aces in fighting Mischa Zverev of Germany 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Former concern No. 4 Grosjean unkind serendipitous unfortunate Nicolas Mahut of author 7-6 (1), 7-5 to get his prototypal correct on the nucleotide Tour this year after sick from a margin injury.

Mahut replaced Jarkko Nieminen of Finland, who withdrew because of illness.


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