Haas breezes into quarter-finals
Friday, 31 July 2009
LOS ANGELES, Jul 30(AFP): Top seeded German Tommy Haas and eighth seed Russian Marat Safin cruised into the quarter-finals Wednesday at the 700,000 dollar LA Tennis Open.
Haas beat American wild card Jesse Levine 6-1, 6-3. Haas has 17 wins and four losses since April. This is Haas' first tournament since losing to Roger Federer in the semis at Wimbledon.
Safin rallied to topple Latvian Ernests Gulbis, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 on the hardcourts at Los Angeles Tennis Center at UCLA. It's Safin's first quarter-final berth this year. He'll meet Haas next.
Haas beat American wild card Jesse Levine 6-1, 6-3. Haas has 17 wins and four losses since April. This is Haas' first tournament since losing to Roger Federer in the semis at Wimbledon.
Safin rallied to topple Latvian Ernests Gulbis, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 on the hardcourts at Los Angeles Tennis Center at UCLA. It's Safin's first quarter-final berth this year. He'll meet Haas next.