Costa Do Sauipe -- No. 1-seeded Juan Carlos Ferrero was pushed to a third set Wednesday but was able to advance to the quarterfinals of the $500,000 Brasil Open.
Three of the four second-round matches on Wednesday's schedule in Brazil went three sets and the players combined for about 10 1/2 hours of tennis.
Ferrero, from Spain, defeated Nicolas Massu 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 in nearly 2 1/2 hours. He didn't face a break point in the first or third sets but had his serve broken three times in dropping the second.
He earned a quarterfinal slot against Carlos Berlocq, a 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 winner Wednesday over Juan Ignacio Chela in a battle between Argentines. The match took more than two hours -- lengthy for a straight-set decision.