Time for Score-update Thursday, Sept 28
Singles

Tomas Berdych (CZE) def. Simon Greul (GER) 7-6, 6-4

Ramon Delgado (PAR) def. Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) 6-3, 4-1

(Juan Martin Del Potro retired)

Mario Ancic (CRO) def. Stefano Galvani (ITA) 6- 1, 6-7

Stefan Koubek (AUT) def. Nicolas Devilder (FRA) 7-5, 6-3

Bjorn Phau (GER) def. Gouichi Motomura (JPN) 6-3, 6-3

Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) def. Kristian Pless (DEN) 6-7, 6-3, 6-4

James Auckland (GBR) def. Wesley Moodie (RSA) 7-6, 7-6

Doubles

James Auckland / Jamie Delgado (GBR) def.Juan Martin Del Porto / Juan Monaco (ARG) (walkover)

QuoteRobredo and Ancic advance, but Mumbai's humidity troubles players

The Associated Press Published: September 28,
2006

MUMBAI, India Top-seeded Spaniard Tommy Robredo and second-seeded Mario
Ancic of Croatia moved into the Mumbai Open's quarterfinals Thursday, but the
extreme humidity bothered many of the players.
World No. 7 Robredo recovered
from a first-set loss to overcome the 115th-ranked Michael Berrer of Germany
5-7, 6-2, 6-4 in the second round, while Ancic spiked the challenge from Italian
Stefano Galvani 6-1, 7-6 (6).
"These humid conditions here aren't easy to
handle," said Robredo on a day when the humidity in this western Indian
metropolis was measured at 70 percent.
Ancic voiced the same opinion.
"I
felt in good shape, but the humidity is making things very tough," said world
No. 11 Ancic, who earlier this month returned to competitive tennis after a
two-month layoff due to a back injury.
"My back is holding up very well,"
said Ancic, who surged into the final of the China Open in his first outing
after the injury.
Joining them in the quarterfinals was third-seeded Tomas
Berdych of Czech Republic, who posted a 7-6 (4), 6-4 victory over Germany's
Simon Greul.
Struggling to play in the humid conditions, fourth-seeded
Russian Dmitry Tursunov rallied from a first-set loss to overcome Denmark's
Kristian Pless 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4, but Argentine teenager Juan Martin del Potro
gave up midway in the contest against Paraguay's Ramon Delgado.
Del Potro
retired in the second set, after vomiting on the sidelines of the court, as
Delgado led 6-3, 4-1.
"Luckily we're not playing under the sun," said
Tursunov. "It would have been worse if one had to tackle the sun as well as the
humidity."
World-ranked 22nd Tursunov dropped the first, losing the
tiebreaker after dropping service in the third game and breaking back in the
eighth.
"I took it for granted that I'll win the first set, but it wasn't
easy after Kristian secured a break in the third game," said Tursunov, who did
not drop service again in the next two sets which he won by forcing one break
each. Pless failed to keep up the pressure as Tursunov broke his service in the
fourth game of the second set and the fifth of the deciding third
set.
British qualifier James Auckland continued his good form, defeating
eighth-seeded South African Wesley Moodie 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5) in a contest where
tiebreakers decided both sets after all games went with service.
Also making
the quarterfinals were sixth-seeded German Bjorn Phau, a 6-3, 6-3 winner against
Japanese Gouichi Motomura, and Austrian Stefan Koubek, who downed Frenchman
Nicolas Devilder 7-5, 6-3.