Dubai, Mar 04: In second round matches, Russia`s Mikhail Youzhny followed up his victory over second seed Guillermo Coria by beating Dutch qualifier Dennis Van Scheppingen 6-4 7-5. 17-year-old Spaniard Rafael Nadal beat Olivier Rochus of Belgium 6-3 7-5. Jarkko Nieminen of Finland defeated Frenchman Gregory Carraz 7-6 6-3, while Dutch eighth seed Sjeng Schalken was stretched to the limit by 2002 champion Fabrice Santoro before reaching the quarter-finals with a 5-7 6-4 6-4 win.
Five of the eight seeds had already been beaten in first round action this week.


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