Davydenko, Bolelli to meet in quarters
UMAG, Croatia -- Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko eased into the Croatia Open quarterfinals by beating Alberto Martin of Spain 6-2, 6-3 on Thursday.
Need the scores from any match played in today's tournaments? Davydenko's recent title in Hamburg was the 15th of his career and returned him to the top 10 at No. 9. After being injured for nearly the first four months, the Russian has won 15 of his past 18 matches.
In the quarterfinals, he will face Simone Bolelli of Italy, who defeated compatriot Fabio Fognini 6-3, 6-4.
Second-seeded David Ferrer of Spain was upset by Nicolas Massu of Chile 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.
Massu, ranked 85th, rallied from 4-2 down in the third set to beat the former Umag finalist after 2 hours, 16 minutes. The win was Massu's first over a top 20 opponent since February 2008.
Massu will next meet seventh-seeded Andreas Seppi of Italy, who beat Frederico Gil of Portugal 7-5, 7-6 (5).
Fifth-seeded Juan Carlos Ferrero topped Potito Starace of Italy 1-6, 6-3, 6-2. Ferrero won his first ATP title in six years in April at Casablanca. Ferrero will next meet Maximo Gonzalez of Argentina, who ousted Oscar Hernandez of Spain 6-4, 6-4.
Fourth-seeded Jurgen Melzer of Austria beat Pablo Cuevas 6-4, 6-3. Melzer next plays Croatian Ivan Ljubicic, who topped sixth-seeded Nicolas Almagro 7-5, 7-6 (2). Ljubicic converted his only break point at 6-5 in the first set. Almagro had eight break points but failed to convert any of them.
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