seeded David Ferrer and eighth-seeded Marcos Baghdatis eased into the SA Tennis Open quarterfinals with straight-set win on Wednesday. On another rain-interrupted day, Ferrer beat Simon Greul of Germany 6-3, 6-4, conceding only 10 points on serve, and Baghdatis fired 12 aces and didn't lose serve in dispatching local wild card Raven Klaasen 6-3, 7-5. In Baghdatis' first quarterfinal since June, he will meet Ferrer, who won their only previous matchup three years ago. In first-round matches, third-seeded Marcel Granollers of Spain was upset by 225th-ranked French qualifier Sebastien de Chaunac 7-5, 7-6 (3), and South African wild card Izak van der Merwe outlasted Benjamin Becker of Germany 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3). Ljubicic falls Ivan Ljubicic will miss the final of his hometown event for the first time after losing in the second round of the Zagreb Indoors on Wednesday. Despite hitting 19 aces and winning three-quarters of his first serves, Ljubicic fell to Viktor Troicki of Serbia 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 in 2 hours, 20 minutes. Croatia's best hope of a home player winning the title remained second-seeded Marin Cilic, who beat Florent Serra of France 6-2, 7-5. Cilic will face Antonio Veic in an all-Croatian quarterfinal. Veic defeated Evgeny Korolev of Russia 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 to reach his first ATP quarterfinals. The first round was completed when fourth-seeded Paul-Henri Mathieu of France beat Roko Karanusic of Croatia 6-7 (6), 6-1, 7-6 (3), and Victor Hanescu of Romania defeated Lovro Zovko of Croatia 6-3, 7-5. Monaco, Cuevas in quarters Juan Monaco of Argentina edged closer to a second successive Movistar Open final when he beat Potito Starace of Italy 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday. The victory landed Monaco in the quarterfinals, where he could face top seed and defending champion Fernando Gonzalez. Uruguay qualifier Pablo Cuevas upset third-seeded Alberto Montanes of Spain 7-6 (2), 6
