Unseeded American James Blake clawed his way to a three-set victory over sixth-seeded German Tommy Haas here on Thursday to reach the quarter-finals of a 675,000-dollar ATP Hard-court event.
Collated results (x denotes seed):
THIRD ROUND: Fernando Verdasco (ESP) bt Fernando Gonzalez (CHIx2) 6-7 (3/7), 7-5, 7-6 (7/3); David Ferrer (ESP x3) bt Paradorn Srichaphan (THA) 6-4, 6-2; Tommy Robredo (ESP x4) bt Stefan Koubek (AUT) 6-2, 6-2; Feliciano Lopez (ESP x5) bt Vincent Spadea (USA) 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-4; James Blake (USA) bt Tommy Haas (GER x6) 1-6, 6-3, 6-3; Victor Hanescu (ROM) bt Nicolas Massu (CHI x7) 6-4, 6-4; Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) bt Fabrice Santoro (FRA) 6-4, 6-1; Igor Andreev (RUS) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 6-2, 6-3.