Berdych, Monfils into French ATP quarters
Russell double-faulted to drop serve at 3-3 and lost the opening set on a forehand error. The third-seeded Monfils capitalised on a backhand error from Russell to break for a 3-1 lead in the second set.
The top-seeded Tomas Berdych cruised past French qualifier Florent Serra 6-0 6-2 in another second-round match.
Berdych broke Serra five times to set up a match against Nicolas Mahut of France, who beat sixth-seeded Florian Mayer 7-6 (7-3) 6-3.
Mahut jumped out to 4-1 in the tiebreaker and took the first set when Mayer double-faulted. He broke the German twice in the final set to clinch victory.
Seeded Frenchmen Gilles Simon and Richard Gasquet both won in straight sets on Wednesday to reach the quarter-finals.
Publisher: AAPNewswire
03 Feb 8:42 AM
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