seeded Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain advanced to the quarterfinals of the Brazil Open with a 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 win over Chile's Nicolas Massau Wednesday. Fourth seeded Igor Andreed of Russia also reached the quarterfinals of the outdoor event on clay, beating Rui Machado of Portugal 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. In the day's two other matches, sixth seed Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay beat Frederico Gil of Portugal, 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (3), and Argentine Carlos Berlocq defeated countryman Juan Ignacio Chela, 7-6 (5), 6-2. The victory will give Ferrero a boost. He won his first-round match on Tuesday after opening-round losses in the Australian Open and another tournament in New Zealand. Andreev, 26, reached his first quarterfinals of an ATP event since August. He won his two break points in the third set to close out the match in 2 hours 33 minutes. Andreev, who pushed top ranked Roger Federer to four sets before losing in the first round of the Australian Open, next faces Cuevas. Zvonareva advances Top-seeded Vera Zvonareva of Russia advanced to the WTA Pattaya Open quarterfinal with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Italy's Alberta Brianti on Thursday. The win set up a clash against Sybille Bammer of Austria who won the title in 2007. Bammer fought back from a set down to beat Taiwanese teenager Chan Kai-Chen 5-7, 6-4, 6-2. The tournament has been plagued by defeats of seeded players. The latest was third-seeded Vera Dushevina of Russia going down to countrywoman Ekaterina Bychkova 4-6, 1-6. Bychkova will play Kazakh Sesil Karatantcheva in the quarterfinal Friday.
