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 | Simon and Monfils delighted the fans in Montpellier, Gasquet upset30-10-2010 |
French player Gilles Simon has made an impressive turnaround against Argentine David Nalbandiyan and Gael Monfils had no problems against Belgian Steve Darsis in two matches of the second round at Montpellier.
The eighth placed in the main draw Nalbandiyan took the first set against his opponent 6:3, but 48 th in the world Simon won the next two parts of 7:6 (5) and 7:5 and qualified for the quarterfinals, where they will meet his compatriot Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
Monfils needed only one hour and six minutes to beat Darsis with 6:4, 6:4, and the next round will face U.S. giant John Isnar.
Disappointment for local fans came from Richard Gasquet, who missed three machbola in game against Finn Jarkko Nieminen before losing by 6:4, 6:7 (6), 2:6.
Tournament in St. Petersburg driver in the main draw Mikhail Youzhny reached trisetova victory against his compatriot Evgeny Donskoy and keep alive his hopes for the final standings Masters in London in late November.
The world number 10 lost the first set 3-6, but took the next two to 6:3 and 6:2. Vienna Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis, seeded fourth in the main draw, beat Germany's Bjorn Fau with 7:5, 6:2 for an hour and 13 minutes. Baghdatis in the quarterfinals will face another German player - Michael Berer.