ARTICLE Ferrero Through to Monte Carlo Semifinal
MONTE CARLO (Reuters) - Resurgent Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero stayed on course for a third Monte Carlo Masters title Friday with a confident 6-2, 6-3 quarter-final defeat of Italian Filippo Volandri.
Wildcard Ferrero, winner in 2002 and 2003, followed up his impressive victory over second seed Marat Safin Thursday with more textbook claycourt tennis to win in one hour, 13 minutes.
It was Ferrero's first quarter-final since Valencia this time last year, after which his ranking went in to freefall following a bout of chicken pox and various nagging injuries.
The former French Open winner, bidding to equal Austrian Thomas Muster's three titles here, will play defending champion Guillermo Coria or Spain's David Ferrer in Saturday's semi-final.
MONTE CARLO (Reuters) - Resurgent Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero stayed on course for a third Monte Carlo Masters title Friday with a confident 6-2, 6-3 quarter-final defeat of Italian Filippo Volandri.
Wildcard Ferrero, winner in 2002 and 2003, followed up his impressive victory over second seed Marat Safin Thursday with more textbook claycourt tennis to win in one hour, 13 minutes.
It was Ferrero's first quarter-final since Valencia this time last year, after which his ranking went in to freefall following a bout of chicken pox and various nagging injuries.
The former French Open winner, bidding to equal Austrian Thomas Muster's three titles here, will play defending champion Guillermo Coria or Spain's David Ferrer in Saturday's semi-final.
