Juan Carlos Ferrero reached his second career grass court quarterfinal by defeating Austrian
Jurgen Melzer 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in 's-Hertogenbosch Wednesday. Although the former World No. 1 is noted more as a clay court and hard court player, Ferrero has enjoyed success on grass in the past.
He has reached the Wimbledon fourth round in two of the past three years and last year reached the Halle quarterfinals. He has a 15-9 career record on grass. Ferrero improved to 17-12 on the season but has reached just three quarterfinals, including 's-Hertogenbosch.
Ferrero next meets Frenchman
Florent Serra, who upset second-seed Spaniard
Tommy Robredo 6-1, 3-6, 6-4.
Fabrice Santoro advanced to his second consecutive grass court quarterfinal with a 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 win over Belgian
Kristof Vliegen. The French veteran, who fell to eventual finalist
Tomas Berdych in the Halle quarters, advanced to his fourth quarterfinal of the season and improved his 2006 record to 15-13.
-- ATP
