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French Open runner-up advances in Romania

BUCHAREST, Romania, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- French Open runner-up Mariano Puerta of Argentina moved into the quarterfinals at the Romania Open Wednesday, but second-seeded Italian Filippo Volandri was upset.

The top-seeded Puerta defeated Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-2, 6-4. Volandri lost to Frenchman Florent Serra 1-6, 6-4, 6-3.

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Puerta will meet 2004 Bucharest runner-up Igor Andreev in the quarterfinals.

Frenchman Paul Henri-Mathieu, who will meet Serra in the quarterfinals, beat Spaniard Albert Portas 6-2, 6-0.

In another second-round bout, Russian Andreev defeated Spaniard Albert Montanes 6-2, 6-2.

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