• 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 upset third-seeded Nicolas Mahut, 6-2, 6-3. • Kohlschreiber advances in Mercedes — Fourth-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber reached the quarterfinals of the Mercedes Cup by defeating Yuri Schukin 6-3, 6-3 in Stuttgart, Germany. • Hanescu tops Karlovic — Victor Hanescu reached the quarterfinals of the Swiss Open in Gstaad by rallying past third-seeded Ivo Karlovic 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (11). • Medina Garrigues reaches quarters — Anabel Medina Garrigues advanced to the Palermo International quarterfinals in Sicily with a 6-0, 6-4 win over...
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