VALENCIA, Spain -- Fernando Verdasco of Spain beat Potito
Starace 6-3, 7-6 (4) Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of
the Valencia Open. Verdasco trailed 4-1 in the second set, but rallied to win the
tiebreaker. He will face countryman Guillermo Garcia-Lopez for a
spot in the semifinals. Garcia-Lopez defeated Jan Hernych of the
Czech Republic 6-2, 6-4. Frenchman Gilles Simon defeated 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 Davide Sanguinetti
of Italy. Andreas Seppi of Italy rallied to beat French qualifier Thierry
Ascione, 1-6, 6-1, 6-2.
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