Berdych, Monfils ease into quarters
02/02/2012 08:57:49 PM
Tomas Berdych and Gael Monfils booked their place in the Open Sud de France quarter-finals after both notched comfortable wins on Thursday.
Top seed Berdych needed just 56 minutes to defeat Florent Serra 6-0 6-2, hitting nine aces and saving all three break points on his way to victory in Montpellier.
The world No.7 Czech will next face France's Nicolas Mahut, a 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 winner over German Florian Mayer.
Third seed Monfils had few problems against Michael Russell, winning 84 percent of points on his first serve in the 6-3 6-3 win over the American.