Davydenko breezes again in Moscow

MOSCOW, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko breezed through his second-round match Thursday at the $1.049 million ATP Kremlin Cup tennis tournament in Moscow.

Davydenko, who has won three of the last four Kremlin Cup titles, routed Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-1, 6-1 in 55 minutes. Davydenko won 90 percent of the points when he got his first serve in in winning a quarterfinals berth.

Seventh-seeded Marat Safin also advanced, taking out Julien Benneteau, 6-4, 0-6, 6-2, at the indoor tournament. Safin managed just seven points in the second set but didn't have his serve broken in the other two sets.

Also Thursday, Paul-Henri Mathieu, last year's Kremlin Cup runner-up, beat Dudi Sela, 6-7 (3-7), 7-5, 7-6 (7-0); Viktor Troicki upset eighth-seeded Viktor Troicki, 6-3, 6-4; Mischa Zverev topped Teimuraz Gabashvili, 6-2, 2-6, 6-1; and Igor Kunitsyn swept past Robby Ginepri, 6-4, 6-3.

Davydenko is to meet Safin in the marquee match of Friday's quarterfinals. The other round-of-eight pairings have Mathieu playing Fabrice Santoro, Kunitsyn facing Jeremy Chardy and Zverev going against Troicki.