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Nadal overcomes Andreev to reach last eight

DUBAI: Robin Soderling continued his impressive run at the Dubai Open beating Fabrice Santoro 6-1, 6-7(2), 6-0 to reach the semifinals on Thursday. Rafael Nadal struggled to beat Russian Igor Andreev 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(2) and reach the last eight.

Mahesh-Radek advance

In doubles, Mahesh Bhupathi and Radek Stepanek defeated Tomas Berdych and Petr Pala 6-3, 6-4 to reach the semifinals. Mahesh and Radek had earlier thrashed Slovakia's Dominik Hrbaty and Jarkko Nieminen of Finland 6-0, 6-3 in the first round.

Leander Paes and Martin Damm, seeded fourth, were ousted by Berdych and Pala 6-3, 6-4 in the first round.

Important results:

At Dubai (Dubai Open): Quarterfinals: Robin Soderling bt Fabrice Santoro 6-1, 6-7(2), 6-0. Second round: Rafael Nadal bt Igor Andreev 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(2); Olivier Rochus bt Nikolay Davydenko 4-6, 6-2, 6-4; Roger Federer bt Daniele Bracchiali 7-5, 6-3; Tommy Haas bt Florent Serra 7-6(5), 6-3; Mikhail Youzhny bt Tomas Berdych 7-6(6), 6-3; Novak Djokovic bt Rainer Schuttler 7-6(5), 6-3.

Doubles: Second round: Mahesh Bhupathi/ Radek Stepanek bt Tomas Berdych/ Petr Pala 6-3, 6-4. First round: Berdych/ Pala bt Damm/ Paes 6-3, 6-4; Bhupathi/ Stepanek bt Hrbaty/Nieminen 6-0, 6-3.

At Doha (WTA Qatar Open): Second round: Daniela Hantuchova bt Eleni Daniilidou 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-3; Jelena Jankovic bt Maria Elena Camerin 6-0, 6-1; Martina Hingis bt Maria Kirilenko 6-2, 6-2; Justine Henin bt Alicia Molik 6-2 7-6(9); Francesca Schiavone bt Mara Santangelo 4-6, 7-6(6), 1-0 (retd.); Svetlana Kuznetsova bt Julia Goerges 7-5 6-1; Patty Schnyder bt Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-3, 6-4.

At Las Vegas (Tennis Channel Open): Round-robin:

Singles: Men: Sam Querrey bt Julien Benneteau 6-2, 7-6(3); Jurgen Melzer bt Michael Llodra 6-4, 2-6, 7-5; Benjamin Becker bt Gustavo Kuerten 6-4, 6-3; Thomas Johansson bt Yen-Hsun Lu 6-0, 6-1.

At Acapulco: (Acapulco International):

Men: Second round: Juan Carlos Ferrero bt Lukas Dlouhy 6-3, 7-6(2); Gaston Gaudio bt Juan Pablo Guzman 1-6, 6-3, 6-2; Carlos Moya bt Diego Hartfield 6-3, 7-5; Juan Ignacio Chela bt Nicolas Devilder 6-0, 6-4; Nicolas Massu bt Stefano Galvani 7-6(2), 6-3; Agustin Calleri bt Oscar Hernandez 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. — Agencies

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