Top seed
Nicolas Massu recovered from a stumble Wednesday on the dirt at the ATP claycourt stop in Casablanca, dropping a first-set tiebreak before storming back and losing only four games in a 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-1 win to move into the quarterfinals.
The two other seeds in action Wednesday both suffered straight-set losses when Frenchman
Nicolas Mahut ousted No. 5-seeded countryman
Arnaud Clement, and Czech
Jiri Vanek beat No. 6
Jurgen Melzer.
Other unseeded winners were Germans
Bjorn Phau (d. (Q) Saoudi) and
Alexander Waske (d. Muller).
Scheduled for Thursday in Casablanca are (Q) Gicquel vs. (2) Horna, (8) Simon vs. (WC) Tahiri, Mayer vs. (3) C.Rochus, and (7) Bracciali vs. Waske.
