3 Mens, 3 Womens Seeds Fall at AcapulcoPosted on March 2, 2006 No. 2 seed Gaston Gaudio made his way into the quarterfinals Wednesday at the ATP claycourt stop in Acapulco, with the former French Open champ avoiding the slew of upsets that claimed three seeds on the men's side.
Seeded losers on the day were No. 3 Carlos Moya ousted by Spanish countryman Al Montanes, No. 5 Jose Acasuso retiring with injury against Spanish qualifier Nicolas Almagro, and Brazilian Marcos Daniel upsetting No. 8 Nicolas Massu. No. 7 seed Juan Ignacio Chela also moved into the quarters with a three-set win over Tomas Behrend. Unseeded winners Wednesday were Italian qualifier Alessio DiMauro (d. Pashanski from a set down), Agustin Calleri (d. A.Martin), and Luis Horna (d. (Q) Marin). In women's play Wednesday, (1) Flavia Pennetta (d. Garbin in three) and (2) Anna-Lena Groenefeld (d. Tiene) survived into the quarterfinals, while (3) Klara Koukalova (l. to Laura Pous Tio), (6) Iveta Benesova (l. to Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez), and (7) Anna Smashnova (l. to Ani) didn't. Unseeded winners were American Meghann Shaughnessy (d. Castano 1-and-0), Natalia Gussoni (d. Bohmova), and Emilie Loit (d. Gagliardi). Scheduled for the women Thursday are Gussoni vs. Loit, Pennetta vs. Martinez Sanchez, Shaughnessy vs. Groenefeld, and Pous Tio vs. Ani. Lining up on the men's side are Horna vs. Calleri, Daniel vs. (2) Gaudio, Montanes vs. (Q) Almagro in an all-ESP, and (Q) Di Mauro vs. (7) Chela. |
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