Ancic through, Haas upset at St. Petersburg ATP tennis

Third seed Mario Ancic from Croatia advanced into last eight with a 6-3, 6-4 triumph over unseeded Dutchman Raemon Sluiter at the St. Petersburg Indoors Open on Thursday.

While fourth seed Tommy Haas became the latest high-profile casualty after the German lost 7-6, 4-6, 6-2 to wildcard Igor Kunitsyn in the second round.

A debutant at St. Petersburg, Ancic broke Sluiter twice in the first set and once more in the second.

He will next meet Max Mirnyi of Belarus, who beat Romanian Andrei Pavel 6-3, 7-5.

Holder Thomas Johansson of Sweden progressed when seventh-seeded Russian Mikhail Youzhny withdrew from their match after injuring his ankle in a doubles encounter on Wednesday.

Johansson, who won the title in 1997, will face South Africa's Wesley Moodie in the last eight.

Source: Xinhua