Santoro prevails, Spadea trips Mahut at Hall of Fame Chronicle News Services BASTAD, SWEDEN — Top-seeded David Ferrer and Tommy Robredo won in straight sets Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Swedish Open. Ferrer, the defending champion of the tournament, defeated Boris Pashanski of Serbia 7-5, 6-1. Robredo defeated Swedish veteran Jonas Bjorkman 6-2, 6-3. Ferrer will play eighth-seeded Robin Soderling of Sweden and Robredo will take on seventh-seeded Jarkko Nieminen of Finland in today's quarterfinals. In other tournaments • Santoro defeats Qureshi — Defending champion Fabrice Santoro pulled out a first-set tiebreaker and then cruised into the quarterfinals of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport, R.I., with a 7-6 (4), 6-2 victory over Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi. In another second-round match, Vince Spadea...
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