All the seeded players advanced on the singles side in Estoril. Eighth-seed Florent Serra took care of the resurgent Juan “Spicoli” Monaco 6-3 1-6 6-3. Seventh-seed Albert Montanes defeated German Simon Gruel 6-2 6-2.
Fourth-seed James Blake has now joined Mardy Fish in winning two-consecutive matches on clay. He defeated Frenchman Marc Gicquel 7-6(6) 6-2. Blake will meet Florent Serra in the quarterfinals. They are actually 2-2 in their head-to-head matchup with Serra winning their only meeting on clay in Rome in 2006.
Top-seed Gilles Simon took care of Fabio Fognini pretty easily 6-0 7-5 after just 73 minutes of work. Simon will meet Albert Montanes in the quarterfinals. The Frenchman leads Montanes 2-0 in their head-to-head matchup, where all their meetings were on clay. Let’s hope there are no surprises tomorrow from the Frenchman.
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