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Fish, Querrey advance to DC quarterfinals

9:30 PM, Aug 2, 2012   |    comments
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Washington, DC (Sports Network) - Top-seeded American Mardy Fish was a second- round winner Thursday at the $1 million Citi Open tennis event.

Fish handled Lithuanian wild card Ricardas Berankis 6-3, 6-1 on the hardcourts at William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center.

The world No. 15 Fish will face Belgium's Xavier Malisse in the quarterfinals. Malisse moved on with a 6-3, 6-2 win over sixth-seeded Frenchman Jeremy Chardy.

Eighth-seeded American Sam Querrey, who beat Berankis in last week's final in Los Angeles, advanced with a 6-4, 6-3 triumph over Germany's Benjamin Becker.

Querrey will meet Kevin Anderson in the quarterfinals after the third-seeded South African posted a 6-4, 6-4 victory over French qualifier Florent Serra.

The 2012 D.C. winner will collect $252,600.

The Sports Network