seeded Robin Soderling of Sweden was taken to three sets by compatriot Andreas Vinciguerra in the second round of the Swedish Open on Wednesday. The defending champion hit 15 aces on the way to a 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-2 victory over the wild card and will play Italy's Andreas Seppi in the quarterfinals. Third-seeded David Ferrer of Spain and Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas also will meet in the last eight after winning their matches Tuesday. Seppi advanced after beating Potito Starace 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7) in an all-Italian match on center court. Ferrer defeated Fabio Fognini of Italy 6-3, 7-5, winning 12 of the last 13 points to seal victory. Cuevas had a routine 6-4, 6-2 win over Spain's Pere Riba. Pennetta in third round Top-seeded Flavia Pennetta of Italy has beaten Renata Voracova in straight sets in the second round of the Palermo Open. The defending champion defeated Czech Republic's Voracova 6-0, 6-3 to join fellow seeded players Jill Craybas and Julia Goerges in the third round. Fourth-seeded Craybas of the United States rallied to beat Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 and eighth-seeded Goerges of Germany enjoyed her second win in as many days as she saw off Italy's Corinna Dentoni, 6-4, 6-3. In the other match, Spanish qualifier Nuria Llagostera Vives upset ninth-seeded Alberta Brianti of Italy 7-6 (6), 6-2. Greul upsets Simon Simon Greul of Germany upset France's Gilles Simon 6-4, 7-5 to reach the quarterfinals of the Mercedes Cup. She will next face Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain or Argentina's Horacio Zeballos. Zeballos was leading 7-6 (1), 6-6 when play was suspended for the day because of darkness. Second-seeded Juergen Melzer of Austria defeated Germany's Mischa Zverev 7-5, 7-5 to set up a last-eight match with fifth-seeded Albert Montanes of Spain, who beat Argentina's Juan Ignacio Chela 7-5, 3-6, 6-2. Safarova withdraws Top-seeded Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic withdrew with a left thigh muscle injury before her second round match against Sweden's Johanna Larsson at the Prague Open Wednesday. Larsson will now face eighth-seeded Czech player Barbora Zahlavova Strycova who overcame Ksenia Pervak of Russia 2-6, 6-4, 6-2. Also Anna Tatishvili of Georgia advanced to the quarterfinals by beating Eva Hrdinova of the Czech Republic 6-4, 6
