Former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero ousted Spanish Davis Cup teammate and seventh seed Tommy Robredo 6-3, 6-2 yesterday to reach the third round of the ATP Washington Classic.
Former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero ousted Spanish Davis Cup teammate and seventh seed Tommy Robredo 6-3, 6-2 yesterday to reach the third round of the ATP Washington Classic.
Ferrero, who snapped a five-year win drought in April at Casablanca and won the deciding match in Spain's Davis Cup quarter-final tie against Germany last month, advanced to face Germany's Tommy Haas for a quarter-final berth.
Taiwan's 62nd-ranked Lu Yen-Hsun made an upset bid of his own but fell short as second seed and world number six Del Potro of Argentina rallied for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory. "It was a difficult match," Del Potro said.
"It took some time to find my rhythm." Lu broke in the seventh game of the first set and held through to take the set, but surrendered a break in the penultimate game of the second set and another to open the third.
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