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WASHINGTON DC: Second-seeded Juan Martin del Potro won his 16th consecutive match in beating Dudi Sela 6-0, 5-7, 6-2 on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Legg Mason Classic. Fourth-seeded Tommy Haas also advanced, beating Nicholas Mahut of France 7-6(4), 6-3. del Potro cruised through the opening set, struggled in the second, and broke Israeli Sela a sixth time for the match. “In the end of the second set, when I was close to winning, the match got a little out of hand,” del Potro said. “But even after losing the second set I didn’t panic.” The 19-year-old Argentine, ranked a career-high No. 19 in the world, has not lost in six weeks. Del Potro has won all three tournaments he’s entered. Isner advancesdel Potro will meet last year’s runner-up, John Isner, in the quarterfinals. Isner defeated Donald Young 6-4, 7-6 (4) in an all-American affair. Young was overpowered by the 6-foot-9 (2.06-metre) Isner’s serve. Isner had 17 aces in the match, Bopanna & Qureshi loseMeanwhile, Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq-Qureshi crashed out after a first round defeat to the third seeded Rik De Voest of South Africa and Ashley Fisher of Australia. The results (second round): At Washington DC (Legg Mason Classic): Tommy Haas bt Nicholas Mahut 7-6(4), 6-3; Alejandro Falla bt Florent Serra 7-6(2), 7-6(11); John Isner bt Donald Young 6-4, 7-6(4); Juan-Martin del Potro bt Dudi Sela 6-0, 5-7, 6-2. At Cincinnati (Western & Southern Financial Group Women’s Open): Nadia Petrova bt Julie Ditty 6-1, 6-1; Maria Kirilenko bt Stéphanie Dubois 1-6, 6-2, 7-5; Nathalie Dechy bt Katarina Srebotnik 7-5, 2-6, 7-6(1); Sabine Lisicki bt Camille Pin 6-3, 6-4; Lilia Osterloh bt Petra Cetkovska 6-4, 6-1. — Agencies
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