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Safin opens with a victory in Bavaria

Last updated: 30th April 2008

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Top seed Paul-Henri Mathieu beat Gianluca Naso to reach the quarter-finals of the Munich Open.

Mathieu brushed aside the Italian qualifier 6-3 6-4 to move into the last eight of an event which has been severely affected by the withdrawal of a host of big names.

Defending champion Philipp Kohlschreiber was forced to miss the clay-court event while former world number two Tommy Haas withdrew on Tuesday because of a recurrence of a shoulder injury.

World number 19 Mathieu will face eighth seed Marin Cilic in the quarter-finals - the Croat beat Germany's Philipp Petzschner earlier in the day.

Wildcard Marat Safin moved into the second round with a 6-3 3-6 6-4 victory over Carlos Berlocq.

Safin, the former world number one who has tumbled down the rankings after a series of injury problems, faces Michael Berrer of Germany next.

The Russian is on course to meet Chilean second seed Fernando Gonzalez in the last eight.