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 | Federer qualified for the quarterfinals14-04-2011 |
Switzerland's Roger Federer, qualified for the quarter-finals of the clay courts of the series "Masters in Monaco with a prize fund € 2,750,000. Second-seeded Federer broke Marin Cilic (Croatia) with 6:4, 6:3 for 71 minutes. Federer made a breakthrough at the end of the first set and in the middle of the second and that it was sufficient to lead to success. Opponent in the quarterfinals Federer will be the winner of the match between Nicolas Almegro (Spain) and Jurgen Melzer (Austria), which is later today. Earlier, world No 1 and winner in the last six years Rafael Nadal (Spain) also qualified for the next phase after beat number 13-seeded Richard Gasquet (France), 6:2, 6:4 after 1:34 hours. The quarterfinals rival Nadal will be Ivan Ljubicic (Croatia), eliminated 5 th placed Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) 6:4, 6:2.