The Spanish Armada was on the march Thursday at the ATP stop in Umag, with three seeded Spaniards moving into the quarterfinals in straight sets.
No. 3 seed
Tommy Robredo (d. Tipsarevic) led the charge, joined by countrymen No. 4 Dave Ferrer (d. countryman Vicente), and No. 6
Carlos Moya (d. Vliegen).
Also into the quarters was Italian No. 8 seed
Filippo Volandri (d. Garcia-Lopez 1-and-1).
Scheduled for the Friday quarterfinals on the red clay are Dlouhy vs. (5) Novak in an all-blank Czech, (8) Volandri vs. (3) Robredo, (7) Ferrero vs. (2) Coria, and an all-Spanish in (4) Ferrer vs. (6) Moya.