seeded Gael Monfils won two matches Thursday, beating Ryan Sweeting then Dmitry Tursunov, to progress to the quarterfinals of the Legg Mason Classic. Monfils was among several players who were forced to play both two matches due to rain on Wednesday. The Frenchman downed American Sweeting 6-3, 7-6 (3) and had a very similar scoreline against Russian Tursunov, winning 6-2, 7-6 (9). His opponent in the quarterfinals will be Serbian No. 6 seed Janko Tipsarevic, who also got through two straight-sets matches, beating Germany's Michael Berrer 6-3, 6-4, then Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-2. The other player to win twice was seventh-seeded Marcos Baghdatis, though the Cypriot had to labor through six sets to down Somdev Devvarman 6-2, 0-6, 7-5 and Thomaz Bellucci 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Baghdatis will next face American Donald Young, who beat compatriot Michael Russell 6-3, 6-3. Tursunov, Dimitrov and Bellucci also played twice. Tursunov had beaten Italian Flavio Cipolla 6-1, 6-4 in his initial match; Dimitrov progressed from the early match when Michael Llodra retired with a rib injury while trailing 4-3 in the first set; while Brazil's Bellucci had beaten Tommy Haas 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-3. Having an easier task was No. 3 seed Viktor Troicki, who beat South Africa's Kevin Anderson 6-3, 6-3. The Serb will next face John Isner, who won 7-6 (0), 1-6, 7-6 (4). No. 5-seeded Fernando Verdasco got to the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over No. 9 Nikolay Davydenko. Verdasco will face Radek Stepanek, who eliminated No. 16-seeded Jarkko Nieminen 6-4, 3-6, 6-2.
