Posted at 8:17 a.m., Thursday, July 12, 2007
Tennis: Ferrer reaches Swedish Open quarterfinals
Associated Press
BASTAD, Sweden — Second-seeded David Ferrer defeated Nicolas Massu of Chile 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 today to reach the quarterfinals of the Swedish Open.Ferrer, the highest-seeded player left in the clay-court tournament, wasted four match points with Massu serving at 5-2 in the third set before winning.
Ferrer will face Gilles Simon of France, who defeated seventh-seeded Juan Monaco of Argentina 6-4, 6-4.
Fourth-seeded Carlos Moya also reached the quarterfinals, beating Thomas Johansson of Sweden 6-2, 6-3.
Moya will play Robin Soderling, who beat Fernando Verdasco of Spain 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (4).
Play was delayed more than 4 hours because of rain.
