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Moya knocks Ferrero out of Estoril Open
Top-seeded Carlos Moya defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-4 Thursday to move into the quarterfinals of the Estoril Open.
In another all-Spanish match, fourth-seeded Tommy Robredo struggled before beating unseeded Santiago Ventura 7-5, 6-0. Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu also advanced with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Tomas Cakl, and Davide Sanguinetti rallied to defeat Albert Costa 5-7, 6-3, 6-4. In a tense match lasting almost three hours between the two former French Open champions, Moya clinched the first set when his return struck the top of the net and bounced out of Ferrero's reach. "I was expecting a match like this. Our encounters are always really tough," Moya said. Ferrero broke Moya's serve twice in the second set and took a 4-2 lead before Moya broke back and pulled level at 4-4. Ferrero went on to save three match points and, despite unforced errors, win the tie-break. The final set was level until Moya broke Ferrero's serve in the ninth game and then served for the match. "I was very tired in the last set, physically and mentally," Ferrero said. "I could hardly hit the ball." In the women's tournament, second-seeded Dinara Safina took less than an hour to beat Ukraine's Katerina Bondarenko 6-2, 6-2. Also, Lucie Safarova erased a 5-3 deficit in the second set to beat Michaella Krajicek 3-6, 7-6 (6), 7-5, Mariana Diaz-Oliva ousted Olga Savchuk 6-2, 6-3, and American Jill Craybas defeated Slovakia's Ludmila Cervanova 6-4, 6-1.
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