Robin Soderling cruised past American Brendan Evans 6-1, 6-1 Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Malaysian Open. Soderling never lost a point on his first serve and broke the American five times to wrap up the win in less than an hour. Evans later posted on his facebook account that he got his ass handed to him.
Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko also reached the quarterfinals by beating American Taylor Dent 6-3, 7-6, while fellow Russian Mikhail Youzhny ousted wild-card entry Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus 6-2, 6-3.
In first-round action, fifth-seeded Gael Monfils of France defeated Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2). Monfils said he felt tired after arriving in Kuala Lumpur early Wednesday.
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