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Robredo makes it to quarterfinals at France tourney
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 23 - 09 - 2010

Former champion Tommy Robredo of Spain beat Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 6-4, 6-2 to reach the Open de Moselle quarterfinals Wednesday.
The seventh-seeded Robredo will next play fourth-seeded Richard Gasquet after he rallied from a set down to get the better of Paul-Henri Mathieu 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3) in an all-French second-round match.
No. 6 Philipp Kohlschreiber also advanced to the quarterfinals after beating Michael Berrer 6-4, 6-2 in an all-German match. He next plays either No. 1 Marin Cilic or Lukas Lacko of Slovakia.
Defending champion Gael Monfils of France pulled out of the tournament Wednesday night because of an abdominal injury. The No. 2-seeded Monfils had been scheduled to play in the second round Thursday.
Monfils will be replaced by Nicolas Mahut of France.
In an earlier first-round match, inaugural 2003 champ Arnaud Clement lost to Lacko 6-4, 6-2.
Kristof Vliegen of Belgium and qualifier Igor Sijsling of the Netherlands also won their openers. Vliegen won 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 over Federico Del Bonis of Argentina, and Sijsling beat wild card Thierry Ascione of France 6-4, 6-4.
Ivanovic beaten
Former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic was bundled out of the WTA Korea Open Wednesday, but there was better news for Dinara Safina who continued her comeback from injury with a battling win.
The 22-year-old Serbian blew a one set lead against Russia's Vera Dushevina to crash out in the first round 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 at the rain-hit tournament.
Safina, also a former world No. 1, fared better, overcoming Romania's Simona Halep 6-4, 6-4. The Russian will now play her compatriot, the third seeded Maria Kirilenko, who beat Poland's Urszula Radwanska in straight sets.
In other matches, 39-year-old Kimiko Date Krumm, the defending champion, beat fellow Japanese Junri Namigata while second seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia sent Australia's Anastasia Rodionova packing. Big-hitting Russian Nadia Petrova is the top seed in Seoul and she swept past Jarmila Groth 6-3, 6-2.
Dulgheru in quarters
In Uzbekistan, top-seeded Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania rallied to beat Ekaterina Bychkova of Russia 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 Wednesday and advance to the quarterfinals of the Tashkent Open.
Second-seeded Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan also advanced, beating American veteran Jill Craybas 7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-2.
Stefanie Voegele of Switzerland advanced to her second quarterfinal this season, beating eighth-seeded Maria Elena Camerin of Italy 6-4, 6-1 in the first upset of the tournament.
Also Wednesday, third-seeded Anna Chakvetadze of Russia had to retire with flu when trailing 7-6 (4), 3-2 against compatriot Evgeniya Rodina. The illness will force Chakvetadze to miss next week's China Open in Beijing.
In another upset, Darya Kustova of Belarus ousted sixth-seeded Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia, 6-2, 4-6, 6


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