Haas, Spadea Into Quarters at ATP Delray Beach
Posted on February 3, 2006No. 4 seed Tommy Haas led the seeded quarterfinal charge Thursday at the ATP stop in Delray Beach, defeating Romanian Andrei Pavel from a set down 6-7(1), 6-1, 7-5 to gain his second quarterfinal of the young year.
Down 3-5 in the third set, Haas won four straight games to close out the match, double-faulting six times in the contest but converting six of seven break points.
"I've always had tough battles with Pavel," Haas said. "I got a break the second set and I thought he got a little frustrated. In the third set I felt like I picked my game up a notch at 4-5."
Other seeded winners Thursday were (7) Gilles Muller (d. (Q) Salzenstein) and (8) Vince Spadea (d. (Q) Kendrick), making a bad day for American qualifiers but a good one for the crowd-favorite Spadea.
"I had seven break points and felt I was playing well and I should have been up a break, but I found myself at 4-4," Spadea said. "After the rain delay I stepped up my shots and kept him off the baseline."
Korea's Hyung-Taik Lee beat Simon Greul from a set down in the only all-unseeded contest on the day.
Lining up for the Friday quarterfinals are (8) Spadea vs. H.-T. Lee, (7) Muller vs. (4) Haas, (1) Agassi vs. Guillermo "G-Lo" Garcia-Lopez, and (3) Xavier "X-Man" Malisse vs. (6) Mayer.
Down 3-5 in the third set, Haas won four straight games to close out the match, double-faulting six times in the contest but converting six of seven break points.
"I've always had tough battles with Pavel," Haas said. "I got a break the second set and I thought he got a little frustrated. In the third set I felt like I picked my game up a notch at 4-5."
Other seeded winners Thursday were (7) Gilles Muller (d. (Q) Salzenstein) and (8) Vince Spadea (d. (Q) Kendrick), making a bad day for American qualifiers but a good one for the crowd-favorite Spadea.
"I had seven break points and felt I was playing well and I should have been up a break, but I found myself at 4-4," Spadea said. "After the rain delay I stepped up my shots and kept him off the baseline."
Korea's Hyung-Taik Lee beat Simon Greul from a set down in the only all-unseeded contest on the day.
Lining up for the Friday quarterfinals are (8) Spadea vs. H.-T. Lee, (7) Muller vs. (4) Haas, (1) Agassi vs. Guillermo "G-Lo" Garcia-Lopez, and (3) Xavier "X-Man" Malisse vs. (6) Mayer.