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Ferrer, Monfils advance in Valencia

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David Ferrer, shown in a match at the 2011 U.S. Open, was a second-round winner Wednesday at the Valencia Open in Spain. UPI Photo/Monika Graff 
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Published: Nov. 2, 2011 at 6:06 PM

VALENCIA, Spain, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- High seeds David Ferrer and Gael Monfils picked up second-round wins Wednesday at the Valencia Open 500 tennis tournament in Spain.

The top-seeded Ferrer, who has won at Valencia two of the last three years, defeated Vasek Pospisil 6-3, 6-3. Ferrer won half the points when receiving serve and finished with two breaks in each set.

Monfils, seeded No. 3, was a 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) winner over Pablo Andujar. He had six break chances in each set, cashing in two in winning the first set and one in forcing the second-set tiebreaker.

Alex Bogomolov Jr. upset No. 8-seeded Feliciano Lopez 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-2) in a first-round match. Neither player had much of an advantage until Bogomolov won the first five points of the third-set tiebreaker.

In the other two first-round matches Wednesday, sixth-seeded Juan Martin del Potro topped Dmitry Tursunov 6-4, 6-1 and Marin Cilic got past Milos Raonic 6-4, 6-4.

Topics: David Ferrer, Gael Monfils, Pablo Andujar, Juan Martin
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