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Summary Florian Mayer beat James Blake 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-4 to enter Moselle Open quarterfinals.
Fourth-seeded Florian Mayer of Germany advanced to the quarterfinals of the Moselle Open on Wednesday after beating James Blake 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-4.Mayer broke the American in the ninth game of the decider and served out for the victory. He next meets fifth-seeded Andreas Seppi of Italy or Frenchman Vincent Millot.Seppi reached the second round with a 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-4 win against Ivan Dodig of Croatia in a scrappy match which saw 14 breaks of serve overall.Later, top-seeded and defending champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France played countryman Clement Reix in the second round.In remaining first-round matches, American player Jesse Levine beat Cedrik-Marcel Stebe of Germany 6-3, 6-2, and Michael Berrer of Germany advanced when Jan Hajek of the Czech Republic retired while trailing 6-4, 2-0.
