Second-seeded Simon advances to Indianapolis tennis tourney quarterfinals

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gilles Simon used a simple serve-and-volley game to beat Benjamin Becker 7-5, 3-6, 6-0 and reach the quarterfinals of the Indianapolis Tennis Championships on Wednesday. "I just tried to put the ball inside. Nothing more," the Frenchman said. "I don't know why I lost the second set and won the third set 6-love." Also advancing was Germany's Tommy Haas, the fifth seed. He used an accurate service game to sweep American John Isner 6-3, 6-4. Isner won just 5-of-27 of Haas' first serves and 5-of-26 second serves. "My second serve was very good today," Haas said. "I used that to move him around a bit. "I was glad to get a break early. You want to try to get a good start, because once he gets up in breaks and gets relaxed with his serve, he's tough." Third-seeded Dmitry Tursunov of Russia, the defending... [read full story]