BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) Fourth-seeded Albert Montanes of Spain reached the quarterfinals of the Copa Claro on Wednesday by beating Fabio Fognini of Italy 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.
Montanes broke the Italian four times in the match, including the only break of the third set, and won 50 percent of the points on Fognini's second serve.
In later matches, Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina was set to face countryman Horacio Zeballos in a second-round match. Also, No. 2 Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland played Victor Hanescu of Romania and No. 5 Juan Monaco of Argentina faced countryman Eduardo Schwank.
Top-seeded Nicolas Almagro is scheduled to face Leonardo Mayer on Thursday in a second-round match.