Top-seeded Ferrer stunned in Beijing; Roddick, Gonzalez advance

For the most part on Thursday at the China Open, the seeds came up victorious, but top-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer was not so lucky, as he easily crashed out in his debut match in Beijing.

The Tennis Masters Cup hopeful Ferrer lost to Israeli Dudi Sela, 6-3, 6-3, in a match that last just over an hour. The 23-year-old Tel Aviv resident was a perfect four for four in break point chances in the victory, which earned him his 13th win of the season and a spot in the quarterfinals, where he will meet No. 6 seed Tommy Robredo. Sela, who is currently ranked No. 95 in the world, earned his second career victory over a Top 10 player. With the loss, Ferrer drops to 42-19 on the year.

No. 2 seed Andy Roddick (pictured), who lost a five-set thriller last weekend to Ferrer in Davis Cup action in Madrid, was very sharp in defeating American qualifier Brendan Evans, 6-4, 6-3. Roddick crushed 17 aces, which now puts him at a total of 618 aces on the year through 46 matches. Roddick was able to break Evans serve on two occasions, while winning 77 percent of first serve points in the 57-minute contest. Roddick will do battle in the quarterfinals on Friday against former World No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero, who defeated No. 5 Fernando Verdasco, 7-5, 6-4. The singles champion in San Jose and Dubai in the spring this year, Roddick owns a 4-0 series edge against Ferrero with all matches being played on hard courts. Roddick most recently beat Ferrero in straight sets in the first round in Dubai in February.

Defending champion and No. 3 seed Fernando Gonzalez survived an early round scare and a slow start to come from behind to defeat World No. 130 Go Soeda of Japan, 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-2, to advance to his fifth quarterfinal of the year. A singles titlist early in the year in Vina del Mar (Chile) and Munich, Gonzalez hammered seven aces past Soeda, while breaking serve on five of eight chances. Currently ranked No. 11 in the South African Airways ATP Rankings, the Chilean improved to 35-11 on the year and next meets German Bjorn Phau in the quarterfinals. Phau stunned rising young American Sam Querrey, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, to earn his first quarterfinal appearance since 2006 and his first win over a Top 40 ranked player since the Dubai event in 2006,where he defeated then No. 9 Andre Agassi.

Other notable names that advanced on Thursday were No. 4 Richard Gasquet of France and No. 7 Rainer Schuettler of Germany. Gasquet overpowered Yen-Hsun Lu, 7-5, 6-1, while Schuettler easily dispatched qualifier Jean-Claude Scherrer, 6-1, 6-4.