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Unseeded Mahut stuns Haas

BANGKOK: Unseeded Frenchman Nicolas Mahut beat fourth seed Tommy Haas 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Thailand Open on Thursday.

Mahut put on an impressive display, hitting nine aces and dropping just seven points on his first serve.

“I feel better now, I have some new confidence,” said Mahut, who has recently returned from injury. “I was happy with my service game,” he said.

Sixth seed Dimitry Tursunov took just over an hour to get past Frenchman Michael Llodra 6-4, 6-4.

Venus advances

At Seoul, Venus Williams coasted into the Korea Open quarterfinals with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Thailand’s Tamirine Tanasugarn on Thursday.

The results:

At Bangkok (Thailand Open): Second round: T. Berdych bt M. Zverev 6-1, 6-4; N. Mahut bt T. Haas 6-4, 6-4; D. Tursunov bt M. Llodra 6-4, 6-4; I. Karlovic bt S. Stadler 6-7(3), 7-6(4), 7-5; F. Verdasco bt F. Dancevic 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Y. Wang bt N. Lindahl 6-3, 6-3; B. Becker bt D. Udomchoke 6-2, 6-3.

At Guangzhou (Guangzhou International Open): Second round: Anabel Medina Garrigues bt Jelena Kostanic Tocic 6-2, 6-2; Tzipora Obziler bt Peng Shuai 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(5); Dominika Cibulkova bt Song Shanshan 6-1, 6-2; Virginia Ruano Pascual bt Olga Govortsova 6-2, 6-1; Alicia Molik bt Julie Ditty 6-3, 6-2; Anastasia Rodionova bt Camille Pin 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Ioana Raluca Olaru bt Yan Zi 6-1, 6-4; Virginie Razzano bt Sun Tiantian 6-0, 6-0.

At Seoul (Hansol Korea Open): Second round: Venus Williams bt Tamarine Tamasugarn 6-2, 6-1; Eleni Daniilidou bt Ahsha Rolle 6-3, 6-2; Marta Domachowska bt Severine Bremond 7-5, 6-2.

At Luxembourg (WTA Fortis Championships): Second round: Daniela Hantuchova bt Zuzana Ondraskova 6-4, 6-1; Marion Bartoli bt Sybille Bammer 6-2, 7-5; Victoria Azarenka bt Nadia Petrova 6-2, 6-1; Ana Ivanovic bt Anne Kremer 7-5, 6-4; Vera Zvonareva bt Shahar Peer 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. First round: Patty Schnyder bt Kateryna Bondarenko 6-1, 6-3; Tatiana Golovin bt Sorana Cirstea 6-3, 6-1. — Agencies

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