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Gael Monfils beat fellow Frenchman Josselin Ouanna 6-4, 7-5 to advance to the quarter-finals of the South African Open. Monfils set up a clash with seventh seed Lu Yen-Hsun of Taiwan who ended the run of the final South African in the draw, Raven Klaasen, with a 6-4 7-5 win. Spain's David Ferrer, the second seed, was made to work hard by Swedish qualifier Filip Prpic for a 6-3 6-4 victory. Ferrer will now play India's Somdev Davvarman who beat Brazilian Thiago Alves 6-4 6-1.

Results:

Men’s Second Round Singles:

Somedev Devvarman (IND) bt Thiago Alves (BRA) 6-4 6-1

David Ferrer (ESP)[2] bt Filip Prpic (SWE) 6-3 6-4

Yen-Hsun LU (TPE) bt Raven  Klaasen (RSA) 6-4 7-5

Gael Monfils (FRA)[1] bt Josselin Ouanna (FRA) 6-4 7-5

Men’s Second round Doubles:

Eric Butorac (USA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) bt Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ James Cerretani (USA) 6-4 7-6(6)

Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) by default Johan Brunstrom (SWE)/ Jean-Julien Rojer (AHO) 3-6 6-3 0-0 (disqualified)

Steve Darcis (BEL)/ Xavier Malisse (BEL) bt Sanchai Ratiwana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwana (THA) 3-6 6-4 10-8