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Melzer beats qualifier to advance

Associated Press

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

BANGKOK -- Jurgen Melzer of Austria defeated Turkish qualifier Marsel Ilhan 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Thailand Open. The 44th-ranked Melzer broke his opponent in each set, using his superior baseline game to overcome the 174th-ranked Ilhan. Melzer will play the winner between Donald Young of the United States and Andreas Beck of Germany. Fourth-seeded Viktor Troicki of Serbia also advanced, beating 61st-ranked Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil 6-3, 7-6 (4). He will ...

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