Paris, Jun 03: Juan Carlos Ferrero stormed into his fourth successive French Open quarter-final when he beat fellow Spaniard Felix Mantilla 6-2 6-1 6-1 yesterday. The third seed and last year's losing finalist spent only 100 minutes on court. He has reached at least the semi-finals in his three previous appearances at Roland Garros. In the last eight, Ferrero will meet Chile's Fernando Gonzalez, who beat Finn Jarkko Nieminen 6-3 6-3 6-2, to reach the quarter-finals of the French Open for the first time.
The Chilean spent just 92 minutes dispatching the Finn in a match delayed slightly by light rain in the French capital. Bureau Report