ST. PETERSBURG, Russia(AP) Second-seeded Victor Hanescu of Romania has beaten Illya Marchenko of Ukraine 6-3, 6-4 in the second round of the St. Petersburg Open.
Hanescu served seven aces on Wednesday to reach his first quarterfinal in 11 events since July. He was a semifinalist here last year.
In other second-round matches, Ernests Gulbis of Latvia upset fourth-seeded Jeremy Chardy of France 7-6 (7), 6-3; eighth-seeded Horacio Zeballos of Argentina ousted Ukrainian qualifier Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr. 6-3, 6-4; and Karol Beck of Slovakia retired because of flu while trailing Bjorn Phau of Germany 6-4, 2-1.
In first-round action, Russia's Igor Kunitsyn upset seventh-seeded Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay 6-4, 6-3.