Berdych, Monfils reach Open Sud quarters
MONTPELLIER, France — Defending champion Gael Monfils finished off Michael Russell of the United States with his 17th ace in winning 6-3, 6-3 to reach the Open Sud de France quarterfinals on Thursday.
Russell double-faulted to drop serve at 3-3 and lost the opening set on a forehand error. The third-seeded Monfils capitalized on a backhand error from Russell to break for a 3-1 lead in the second set.
The top-seeded Tomas Berdych cruised past French qualifier Florent Serra 6-0, 6-2 in another second-round match.
Berdych broke Serra five times to set up a match against Nicolas Mahut of France, who beat sixth-seeded Florian Mayer 7-6 (3), 6-3.
Mahut jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the tiebreaker and took the first set when Mayer double-faulted. He broke the German twice in the final set to clinch the victory.
ATP World Tour Open Sud de France Results
Singles
Second Round
Richard Gasquet (4), France, def. Nikolay Davydenko, Russia, 6-3, 6-4.
Guillaume Rufin, France, def. Feliciano Lopez (5), Spain, 7-6 (5), 6-3.
Philipp Kohlschreiber (7), Germany, def. Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, 6-4, 7-5.
Gilles Simon (2), France, def. Flavio Cipolla, Italy, 6-3, 6-2.
Doubles
First Round
Dustin Brown, Germany, and Lovro Zovko, Croatia, def. Frantisek Cermak and Lukas Dlouhy (2), Czech Republic, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 11-9 tiebreak.
Treat Conrad Huey, Philippines, and Ken Skupski, Britain, def. Philipp Marx, Germany, and Adil Shamasdin (4), Canada, 7-6 (5), 6-1.
Olivier Rochus, Belgium, and Igor Zelenay, Slovakia, def. Johan Brunstrom, Sweden, and Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, 6-4, 7-6 (9).
Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins (1), Britain, def. Simone Bolelli, Italy, and Albert Ramos, Spain, 6-1, 6-2.
Nikolay Davydenko and Igor Kunitsyn, Russia, def. Gael and Daryl Monfils, France, 6-2, 6-1.