BARCELONA, April 28: Defending champion and number two seed Carlos Moya sailed through to the last 16 of the Barcelona Open with a 6-4 6-2 win over German qualifier Daniel Elsner on Wednesday.
The 27-year-old former world number one next meets 13th-seeded Argentine Gaston Gaudio, who beat Germany's Alexander Popp 6-0 7-6, for a place in the quarterfinals. Chilean fifth seed Fernando Gonzalez, given a bye in the opening round, made a shaky start in his first match but recovered to demolish Ecuador's Nicolas Lapentti 7-6 6-0 in little over an hour.
However his compatriot, fourth-seeded Nicolas Massu was less fortunate. Despite winning the second set, he was unable to find his stride in an exhausting 2-1/2 hour marathon against Spain's Alberto Martin and went out 6-3 5-7 6-2.
In-form French qualifier Olivier Patience knocked out Argentine ninth seed Juan Ignacio Chela, warming up after a slow start to claim a 1-6 6-4 6-4 victory over the Estoril Open champion.
Argentine number three seed David Nalbandian, who also had a first-round bye, cruised through to the last 16 with a 6-2 6-4 defeat of experienced American Todd Martin.
Fellow Argentine and 16th seed Mariano Zabaleta faced even less opposition for a third-round slot in the 990,000 euro ($1.17 million) claycourt tournament, claiming a 6-0 6-3 win over Spain's Fernando Vicente. Number 15 seed Felix Mantilla lost 6-4 7-6 to Spanish wild card Marc Lopez and 17th-seeded Brazilian Flavio Saretta fell to Belgian Kristof Vliegen 6-2 1-6 6-3.
Second round results
Alberto Martin bt Nicolas Massu (Chile) 6-3 5-7 6-2; Gaston Gaudio bt Alexander Popp 6-0 7-6 (7-4); Fernando Gonzalez bt Nicolas Lapentti 7-6 (7-1) 6-0; Guillermo Canas bt Mario Ancic 6-4 6-4; Carlos Moya bt Daniel Elsner 6-4 6-2; Olivier Patience bt Juan Ignacio Chela 1-6 6-4 6-4; Marc Lopez bt Felix Mantilla 6-4 7-6 (7-4); David Nalbandian bt Todd Martin 6-2 6-4; Feliciano Lopez bt David Sanchez 6-3 2-6 6-4; Mariano Zabaleta bt Fernando Vicente 6-0 6-3; Kristof Vliegen bt Flavio Saretta 6-2 1-6 6-3; Fernando Verdasco bt Peter Luczak 5-1 -retired
Munich Open
BERLIN: Results at the 375,750 euros ($447,100) Munich Open ATP tournament on Wednesday:
Second round:
Alexander Waske bt Vincent Spadea 3-6 7-5 7-6 (7-4); Michel Kratochvil bt Sargis Sargsian 6-2 6-4; Olivier Rochus bt Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6 (7-4) 6-2; Martin Verkerk bt Boris Pashanski 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-4)
First round:
Luis Horna bt Olivier Mutis 6-4 6-1.
Warsaw Cup
WARSAW: Results of matches at the $585,000 Warsaw Cup WTA tournament on Wednesday:
Second Round
Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi bt Daniela Hantuchova 6-4 7-5; Venus Williams bt Fabiola Zuluaga 4-6 6-2 6-0
