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BASEL (Switzerland), Oct 27: Qualifiers rose up to swat down a pair of seeds Thursday, with number one Guillermo Coria and number eight Tommy Haas becoming upset victims in the second round of the 829,000-euro Swiss Indoors.
Belgian Kristof Vliegen left Argentine Coria in serious crisis, with his qualification dreams for next month’s eight-man Masters Cup now hinging on a desperate fightback next week in Paris.
Vliegen, ranked 131, stunned the South American 7-6 (7/0), 7-5, with Coria salvaging two match points before going down.
Markos Baghdatis of Cyprus, another qualifier still in contention, followed up on this month’s last-eight appearance in Tokyo with a knockout of Tommy Haas 6-2, 6-3 as the German failed to advanced this injury-plagued season.
The 20-year-old Baghdatis, ranked 85th, won his ninth match of the season against 11 defeats as he humbled Haas, whose rolled ankle at Wimbledon has coloured the second half of his season.
Argentine Jose Acasuso overcame Spain’s third seeded Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-3, 6-7 (7/9), 6-3.
Dominik Hrbaty stood as the lone seed to succeed, defeating Agustin Calleri 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Coria admits he’s facing a crisis as the last week of regular ATP play begins Monday at the Paris Masters.
Second round results: Kristof Vliegen (BEL) bt Guillermo Coria (ARG) 7-6 (7/0), 7-5; Jose Acasuso (ARG) bt Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) 6-3, 6-7 (7/9), 6-3; Dominik Hrbaty (SVK) bt Agustin Calleri (ARG) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2; Markos Baghdatis (CYP) bt Tommy Haas (GER) 6-2, 6-3.
HASSELT WTA RESULTS
HASSELT (Belgium): Results in the US$170,000 WTA event:
Second round: Michaella Krajicek (NED) bt Lucie Safarova (CZE) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; Samantha Stosur (AUS) bt Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 7-6 (9/7), 6-3; Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) bt Meilen Tu (USA) 2-2 – retired.
St Petersburg RESULTS
SAINT PETERSBURG (Russia): Results from the fourth day of the one-million-dollar Saint Petersburg Open ATP tennis tournament on Thursday:
Second round: Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) bt Cyril Saulnier (FRA) 6-1, 6-1; Fernando Verdasco (SPA) bt Juan Monaco (ARG) 7-5, 6-3; Greg Rusedski (GBR) bt Kevin Kim (USA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Thomas Johansson (SWE) bt Andrei Pavel (ROM) 6-2, 6-2.
LYON ATP RESULTS
LYON (France): Results in the 659,000-euro ATP tournament :
Second round: Gael Monfils (FRA) bt Gaston Gaudio (ARG) 6-4, 6-3; Marc Gicquel (FRA) bt Davide Sanguinetti (ITA) 6-3, 6-2; Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) bt Tommy Robredo (ESP) 7-5, 6-3.
LINZ WTA RESULTS
LINZ (Austria): Results from fourth day of US$585,000 WTA tournament on Thursday:
Second round: Ai Sugiyama (JPN) bt Gisela Dulko (ARG) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2; Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) bt Conchita Martinez (ESP) 2-6, 6-0, 3-1 Retired; Nadia Petrova (RUS) bt Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) 6-3, 6-3.
Quarterfinals: Kveta Peschke (CZE) bt Jelena Dementjewa (RUS) 6-3, 7-5.—Agencies
