Another No. 2 seed falls
The upsets continue at the Connecticut Tennis Center.
On Wednesday, women's No. 2 seed Daniela Hantuchova fell to qualifier Agnes Szavay. On Thursday, the men's No. 2 seed Tommy Robredo lost to Stanislas Wawrinka 6-3, 6-3. Wawrinka obviously not only has a tennis game but also a sense of humor as he has taken to calling himself "The Swiss player who loses." Wawrinka is the No. 2 ranked men's player in Switzerland after No. 1 Roger Federer.
American Mardy Fish continued to advance as he outlasted Jose Acasuso to advance to the quarterfinals. Fish is thriving in the "upset bracket" at the Pilot Pen as all four seeds in that quarter of the bracket - No. 2 Robredo, No. 7 Filippo Volandri, No. 9 Dominik Hrbaty and No. 15 Gael Monfils - have been eliminated. Only one other unseeded player reached the Round of 16 in the quarters of the other three brackets and that player (2002 Australian Open champion Thomas Johannson) was knocked out in three sets.
- Jim Fuller
On Wednesday, women's No. 2 seed Daniela Hantuchova fell to qualifier Agnes Szavay. On Thursday, the men's No. 2 seed Tommy Robredo lost to Stanislas Wawrinka 6-3, 6-3. Wawrinka obviously not only has a tennis game but also a sense of humor as he has taken to calling himself "The Swiss player who loses." Wawrinka is the No. 2 ranked men's player in Switzerland after No. 1 Roger Federer.
American Mardy Fish continued to advance as he outlasted Jose Acasuso to advance to the quarterfinals. Fish is thriving in the "upset bracket" at the Pilot Pen as all four seeds in that quarter of the bracket - No. 2 Robredo, No. 7 Filippo Volandri, No. 9 Dominik Hrbaty and No. 15 Gael Monfils - have been eliminated. Only one other unseeded player reached the Round of 16 in the quarters of the other three brackets and that player (2002 Australian Open champion Thomas Johannson) was knocked out in three sets.
- Jim Fuller
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