(February 27, 2013) Rafael Nadal moved into the quarterfinals of the Mexican Open on Wednesday as the Spaniard topped Argentina’s Martin Alund 6-0, 6-4 in just 85 minutes. He’ll face another Argentine next in Leonardo Mayer.
Nadal’s countryman, top seed David Ferrer defeated American Wayne Odesnik 6-2, 6-1.
ABIERTO MEXICANO TELCEL
Acapulco, México
Red Clay/Outdoors
Results – Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Singles – Second Round
(1) Sara Errani (ITA) d. (Q) Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) 76(4) 62
(2) Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) d. Stéphanie Foretz Gacon (FRA) 61 62
(3) Alizé Cornet (FRA) d. Estrella Cabeza Candela (ESP) 64 64
Sílvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) d. (4) Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) 61 21 ret. (right shoulder injury)
(5) Kiki Bertens (NED) d. (Q) María José Martínez Sánchez (ESP) 61 62
(6/WC) Francesca Schiavone (ITA) d. Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ) 63 64
(7) Lourdes Domínguez Lino (ESP) d. María-Teresa Torró-Flor (ESP) 64 30 ret. (breathing difficulties)
Karin Knapp (ITA) d. (8) Romina Oprandi (SUI) 64 76(2)
Singles – Second Round
[1] D Ferrer (ESP) d [Q] W Odesnik (USA) 62 61
[2] R Nadal (ESP) d [Q] M Alund (ARG) 60 64
[3] N Almagro (ESP) d [PR] T Robredo (ESP) 64 76(4)
[8] H Zeballos (ARG) d D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 62 63
P Lorenzi (ITA) d P Andujar (ESP) 64 63
F Fognini (ITA) d A Bedene (SLO) 26 64 76(4)
S Giraldo (COL) d J Sousa (POR) 76(8) 75
L Mayer (ARG) d A Kuznetsov (RUS) 62 62
Doubles – First Round
[1] A Peya (AUT) / B Soares (BRA) d T Huey (PHI) / D Inglot (GBR) 63 46 10-7
[2] L Kubot (POL) / D Marrero (ESP) d [Alt] P Starace (ITA) / F Volandri (ITA) 75 61
S Bolelli (ITA) / F Fognini (ITA) d [3] S Gonzalez (MEX) / S Lipsky (USA) 75 62
[4] J Melzer (AUT) / P Petzschner (GER) d [WC] D Garza (MEX) / M Reyes-Varela (MEX) 62 62
F Cermak (CZE) / M Mertinak (SVK) d O Marach (AUT) / H Zeballos (ARG) 75 06 10-4
J Cabal (COL) / R Farah (COL) d B Paire (FRA) / S Wawrinka (SUI) 62 63
SCHEDULE – THURSDAY, 28 FEBRUARY, 2013
CANCHA CENTRAL start 4:00 pm
[1] D Ferrer (ESP) vs P Lorenzi (ITA) – ATP
Not Before 5:30 PM
F Fognini (ITA) vs S Giraldo (COL) – ATP
[8] H Zeballos (ARG) vs [3] N Almagro (ESP) – ATP
Not Before 9:00 PM
L Mayer (ARG) vs [2] R Nadal (ESP) – ATP
CANCHA 2 start 4:00 pm
[6] [WC] F Schiavone (ITA) vs [2] C Suarez Navarro (ESP) – WTA
Not Before 5:30 PM
[3] A Cornet (FRA) vs [7] L Dominguez Lino (ESP) – WTA
K Knapp (ITA) vs S Soler-Espinosa (ESP) – WTA
[1] S Errani (ITA) vs [5] K Bertens (NED) – WTA
CANCHA 3 start 5:30 pm
[PR] I Falconi (USA) / A Tomljanovic (CRO) vs S Foretz Gacon (FRA) / E Hrdinova (CZE) – WTA
T Bellucci (BRA) / P Lorenzi (ITA) vs [4] J Melzer (AUT) / P Petzschner (GER) – ATP
S Bolelli (ITA) / F Fognini (ITA) vs J Cabal (COL) / R Farah (COL) – ATP
CANCHA 4 start 5:30 pm
E Bogdan (ROU) / J Craybas (USA) vs C Castano (COL) / M Duque-Marino (COL) – WTA
R Oprandi (SUI) / F Schiavone (ITA) vs A Panova (RUS) / L Thorpe (FRA) – WTA
[4] L Dominguez Lino (ESP) / A Parra Santonja (ESP) vs [WC] V Rodriguez (MEX) / M Zacarias (MEX) – WTA
CANCHA 5 start 6:00 pm
[1] A Peya (AUT) / B Soares (BRA) vs F Cermak (CZE) / M Mertinak (SVK) – ATP
D Bracciali (ITA) / L Dlouhy (CZE) vs [2] L Kubot (POL) / D Marrero (ESP) – ATP