ATP

• Ferrero lands in Umag QFs

  Umag, Croatia (Sports Network) - Last year's runner-up Juan Carlos Ferrero was a hard-fought second-round winner Wednesday at the clay-court Croatia Open.

  The fourth-seeded former world No. 1 Ferrero clawed his way past Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 in 2 hours, 9 minutes at ITC Stella Maris. The Spanish Ferrero, a former French Open champ, gave way to Russian star Nikolay Davydenko in last year's Umag finale.

  Ferrero's quarterfinal opponent on Friday will be rising Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov.

  In other second-round action, a sixth-seeded Dolgopolov handled Croatian wild card Franco Skugor 7-6 (7-1), 6-3 and eighth-seeded Argentine veteran Juan Ignacio Chela fought off game Italian qualifier Simone Bolelli 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (4-7), 6-1 in 2 hours, 42 minutes.

  07/28 15:44:55 ET