Top seeded German Tommy Haas and eighth seed Russian Marat Safin cruised into the quarterfinals on Wednesday at the 700,000-dollar LA Tennis Open.
Haas beat American wild card Jesse Levine 6-1, 6-3. Haas has 17 wins and four losses since April. This is Haas first tournament since losing to Roger Federer in the semis at Wimbledon.
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Safin rallied to topple Latvian Ernests Gulbis, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 on the hardcourts at Los Angeles Tennis Center at UCLA. It's Safin's first quarterfinal berth this year. He'll meet Haas next.
In other second-round play, Aussie qualifier Carsten Ball was leading third- seeded Dmitry Tursunov 6-4, 0-1 when the Russian retired with a left ankle injury.
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