News - Igor Andreev
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Igor Andreev, the 2008 runner-up, beat Jeremy Chardy 6-3, 6-3 during Friday's quarterfinals at the Swiss Open tennis tournament in Gstaad. Andreev, the event's third seed, is trying to win for the first time since 2005, when he captured three tournaments. Friday, the Russian saved the one break point he faced and won 70 percent of his first serve points, avenging a 4-6, 6-4, 4-6 loss to his French opponent at the Medibank International at Sydney in January. Also Friday, sixth-seeded Nicolas Kiefer of Germany lost 3-6, 1-0 to Brazil's Thomaz Bellucci.
No. 3 seed Igor Andreev of Russia and No. 5 Jeremy Chardy of France led Wednesday's second-round winners at the Swiss Open in Gstaad, Switzerland. Andreev, the 2008 Gstaad runner-up, topped Jan Hernych of the Czech Republic 6-4 6-1.
Harel Levy and Dudi Sela each won in four sets Friday, putting home-standing Israel ahead 2-0 in its Davis Cup quarterfinals against Russia. Levy, ranked No. 210 in the world, opened the best-of-five series with a 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 win over No.
