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Chakvetadze, Ferrer advance
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 18 - 06 - 2008

seeded Richard Gasquet was upset by fellow Frenchman Marc Gicquel 7-5, 7-6 (6) in the second round of the Ordina Open on Tuesday.
In the quarterfinals he'll play Austria's Jurgen Melzer, who upset fifth-seeded Igor Andreev of Russia 6-4, 1-6, 6-1.
Playing at Ordina for the first time, top-seeded David Ferrer beat Italian qualifier Massimo Dell'acqua 6-2, 7-6 (3) and next faces two-time Ordina champion Mario Ancic, who beat Steve Darcis of Belgium 6-2, 6-4.
In the women's draw, defending champion Anna Chakvetadze of Russia defeated Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (1). Chakvetadze will face eighth-seeded Alona Bondarenko, who New Zealand qualifier Marina Erakovic 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to reach her fifth quarterfinals of the year.
French Open finalist Dinara Safina, seeded third, fired eight aces past Camille Pin of France to win 6-1, 6-4.
Vaidisova beaten
At Eastbourne, Nicole Vaidisova completed a poor preparation for Wimbledon with a first-round 6-2, 6-4 loss to Olga Govortsova of Belarus in the Eastbourne International Women's Open on Tuesday.
Former top-ranked Lindsay Davenport, the 1999 Wimbledon champion and 2001 Eastbourne winner, withdrew from the singles draw with a knee problem before her first-round match. She expected to be OK for Wimbledon.
Eighth-seeded Nadia Petrova overcame 13 double faults to be first into the quarterfinals when she beat Li Na of China 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3. In other results, Russia's Alisa Kleybanova beat Britain's Melanie South 6-4, 6-4 and Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark set up a second-round meeting with top-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova.
Sybille Bammer of Austria edged Alla Kudryavtseva of Russia 7-6 (9), 1-6, 7-5 to set up a clash with second-seeded Marion Bartoli, France's Virginie Razzano beat Estonia's Kaia Kanepi 6-3, 6-4, and Ekaterina Makarova crushed Vera Dushevina 6-3, 6-0 in an all-Russian opener.
Stepanek advances
At Nottingham, top-seeded Radek Stepanek beat John Isner of the United States 6-3, 6-2 Tuesday to advance to the second round of the Wimbledon tune-up tournament at Nottingham. Fifth-seeded Gilles Simon of France beat American Donald Young 6-1, 6-4.
In other first-round matches, Thomas Johansson of Sweden also went through after qualifier Kei Nishikori of Japan retired after losing the first set 7-5.
Qualifier Samuel Groth of Australia beat wildcard Jamie Baker of Britain 7-6 (7), 6-3, and Alex Bogdanovic beat fellow Briton James Ward 6-3, 6


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