Agassi upset in Delray quarter-final

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Andre Agassi’s season debut ended with
a 6-4 6-2 quarter-final loss to unseeded Guillermo Garcia-Lopez
at the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships on
Friday.

Top seed Agassi never found his rhythm against the
Spaniard, who needed just 74 minutes to dispose of the
eight-time grand slam winner.

“He was out-hitting me,” said Agassi on the ATP Web site.
“I wasn’t reacting well to the ball.

“I haven’t gotten my game together. It will take matches
and time to work that out.

“I can’t realistically come here and expect to feel that
comfortable on the court.”

Agassi put up a determined fight in the first set but the
35 year old ran out of steam in the second at 2-2, as Lopez
swept the next four games to take the match.

Lopez will next meet third seed Xavier Malisse of Belgium
who advanced with a 6-7 6-2 6-3 win over Germany’s Florian
Mayer.

Eighth seed Vince Spadea of the United States swept South
Korea’s Lee Hyung-taik 6-3 6-3, while fourth seed Tommy Haas of
Germany was upset by Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller 6-3 6-2.

(Writing by Steve Keating in Detroit)