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Benneteau fells another seed

MARSEILLE: France's Julien Benneteau recovered from a terrible start to beat fifth-seeded David Ferrer of Spain 4-6, 6-0, 6-1 and reach the quarterfinals of the Marseille Open on Thursday.

The results:

At Marseille (ATP Marseille Open): Second round: Mikhail Youzhny bt Fabrice Santoro 6-7, 6-2, 6-3; Jarkko Nieminen bt Nicolas Mahut 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; Julien Benneteau bt David Ferrer 4-6, 6-0, 6-1; Robin Soderling bt Thomas Johansson 6-4, 7-5. First round: Richard Gasquet bt Jan Hernych 6-1, 7-5; Jarkko Nieminen bt Jeremy Chardy 6-7(1), 7-6(4), 7-6(6); Lleyton Hewitt bt Michael Llodra 4-6, 6-1, 6-4; Thomas Johansson bt George Bastl 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.

At San Jose (ATP SAP Open): Second round: Andy Murray bt Kristian Pless 6-0, 6-7(5), 6-4; First round: Feliciano Lopez bt Rainer Schuettler 7-6(1), 6-1; Benjamin Becker bt Dusan Vemic 6-4, 3-6, 6-4; Mardy Fish bt Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-3, 6-2; Andy Roddick bt Frank Dancevic 7-5, 6-1; James Blake bt Igor Kunitsyn 6-3, 6-2.

At Rio de Janeiro (ATP Brazil Open): First round: Albert Portas bt Eduardo Schwank 6-2, 6-2; Guillermo Canas bt Marcos Daniel 6-1, 6-4; Juan Carlos Ferrero bt Sergio Roitman 6-4, 6-4.

At Antwerp (WTA Diamond Games): Second round: Dinara Safina bt Michaela Krajicek 6-2, 7-6(4); Kim Clijsters bt Olga Poutchkova 6-0, 6-2; Tatiana Golovin bt Patty Schnyder 6-7(2), 7-6(5), 6-2; Anna Chakvetadze bt Sybille Bammer 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-2; — Agencies

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