Rosset rolls on to last eight

Thursday 29 February 1996 00:02 GMT

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Tennis

Marc Rosset, the eighth seed from Switzerland, became the first quarter- finalist in the pounds 550,000 Milan indoor tournament yesterday, rallying to a 3-6, 6-3, 6-0 second-round victory over the Frenchman, Arnaud Boetsch.

The unseeded Boetsch faded in the third set after failing to take advantage of two break points in the second. Rosset, 25, world-ranked No 14, served 15 aces and won 85 per cent of first serves on his way to victory. In another second-round match the Czech, Daniel Vacek, defeated sixth-seeded Dutchman Richard Krajicek, 6-4, 6-4.

Krajicek was the third seed to eliminated, following the first-round upsets of the top-seeded Austrian, Thomas Muster, and Spain's Sergi Bruguera, the former French Open champion.

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