ACAPULCO (Mexico), Feb 27: Top seed and defending champion Carlos Moya of Spain overcame the loss of the first set to Lucky Loser Ricardo Mello to reach the quarter-finals of the Mexican Open Wednesday.

Results:

Men’s singles (second round): Felix Mantilla (Spa) bt Fernando Vicente (Spa) 6-3, 6-4; Ivan Miranda (Per) bt Luis Horna (Per) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2; Agustin Calleri (Arg) bt Gaston Gaudio (Arg x3) 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/5); Fernando Gonzalez (Chi x4) bt Sargis Sargsian (Arm) 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7/5); Carlos Moya (Spa x1) bt Ricardo Mello (Bra) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Gustavo Kuerten (Bra x6) bt David Ferrer (Spa) 5-7, 6-1, 6-2; Mariano Zabaleta (Arg) bt David Nalbandian (Arg x2) 6-7 (5/7), 6-0, 6-0; Marcelo Rios (Chi x7) bt Juan Antonio Marin (CRC) 6-3, 6-1

Women’s singles

First round: Mariana Diaz Oliva (Arg) bt Paola Suarez (Arg x3) 5-2, rtd; Katarina Srebotnik (Slo x4) bt Fabiola Zuluaga (Col) 6-4 7-6 (7/4); Anabel Medina (Spa) bt Angelika Roesch (Ger) 6-4, 6-1; Martina Muller (Ger) bt Asa Svensson (Swe) 1-6, 6-2, 6-4

Second round: Shinobu Asagoe (Jpn) bt Elena Dementieva (Rus x1) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3; Cristina Torrens (Spa) bt Emmanuelle Gagliardi (Swi x8) 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (10/8); Flavia Pennetta (Ita) bt Patricia Wartusch (Aut) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.—AFP