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Federer in quarterfinals

ESTORIL: Roger Federer plowed through tricky light rain to impose his game on Victor Hanescu, earning a 6-3, 6-2 win into the quarterfinals of the Estoril Open on Thursday.

Federer, playing the small event for the first time as he prepares for Roland Garros during an abbreviated spring season, was watched by his new coaching brain trust headed by Spain’s Jose Higueras and Swiss Davis Cup coach Severin Luethi.

The World No. 1 took an early lead in the drizzle, advancing to 3-1 in the opening set at the Estadio Nacional. He clinched the opening set in half an hour with a service winner and then showed he was hoping for a quick afternoon by breaking to start the second set.

Federer reached a comfortable 4-0 and moved into a winning position with three match points in the eighth game. But Hanescu saved all three and forced the Swiss to serve it out.

Important results: At Estoril (ATP & WTA Estoril Open): Second round: Women: Maria Kirilenko bt Petra Cetkovska 6-3, 6-2; Olga Savchuk bt Sofia Arvidsson 6-2, 6-2.

Men: Roger Federer bt Victor Hanescu 6-3, 6-2; Jiri Vanek bt Michael Berrer 6-3, 3-6, 7-5; Denis Gremelmayr bt Teimuraz Gabashvili 7-6(6), 6-1.

At Valencia (ATP Valencia Open): Second round: Fernando Verdasco bt Mischa Zverev 6-4, 6-2; Nicolas Almagro bt E Schwank 6-3, 6-4; David Ferrer bt Pablo Andujar 6-3, 6-4; Juan Monaco bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-4, 6-4; Robin Haase bt Marat Safin 2-6, 7-6(9), 6-4.

At Houston (ATP US claycourt championships): Second round: Oscar Hernandez bt Donald Young 6-4, 6-4. Mardy Fish bt Hugo Armando 6-3, 6-2. First round: James Blake bt Kei Nishikori 6-4, 6-4; Nicolas Massu bt Sam Querrey 5-7, 6-4, 6-4; .

At Charleston (WTA Family Circle Cup): Second round: Jelena Jankovic bt Alexandra Stevenson 7-5, 6-0; Maria Sharapova bt Bethanie Mattek 6-0, 6-0; Elena Dementieva bt Jill Craybas 6-0, 6-2; Patty Schnyder bt Olga Govortsova 7-6(2), 6-0; Vera Zvonareva bt Virginia Ruano Pascual 6-1, 6-0; Agnieszka Radwanska bt Edina Gallovits 6-7(7), 6-2, 7-5; Katarina Srebotnik bt Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 4-6, 6-1, 7-5; Victoria Azarenka bt Sun Tiantian 7-6(4), 6-0; Alize Cornet bt Sara Errani 6-3, 2-6, 6-3; Tatiana Perebiynis bt Julia Schruff 6-4, 6-3; Anastasia Rodionova bt Aravane Rezai 6-3, 6-4. — Agencies

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