Top seeded Australian Lleyton Hewitt swept past South Africa’s Wayne Ferreira 7-5, 6-1 to advance to the quarter-finals of the $380,000 Scottsdale Classic on Thursday.Hewitt, winner of this event in 2000, broke serve in the 11th game of the opening set, then rifled a 118 mile-per-hour winner on set point. He was never pushed after that and raced through the second set, dropping only one more game on his way to victory.The Australian will next face sixth-seeded Spaniard Alex Corretja, the former world number two, who needed the full three sets to defeat France’s Amaud Di Pasquale 7-6, 3-6, 6-1. Hewitt will have his work cut out against Corretja, who has won their last three matches.In other second-round action, third seeded David Nalbandian of Argentina defeated countryman Franco Squillari 6-2, 7-6, while wild card entry Mark Philippousis of Australia trounced compatriot Scott Draper 6-0, 6-4.Kendrick winsDELRAY BEACH: Qualifier Robert Kendrick beat Jean-Rene Lisnard 7-5, 7-5 at the International Tennis Championships on Thursday to reach his first ATP quarter-final. Competing in just his second ATP Tour event, the 23-year-old American rallied back from a break point down to the Frenchman in both sets before sealing the victory.Kendrick will now meet Belarussian Vladimir Voltchkov, who advanced when Armenian Sargis Sargsian was forced to retire from their match with muscle cramps while trailing 5-7, 6-4, 1-0. Sargsian began to show signs of distress in the middle of the second set before finally succumbing to severe cramping after Voltchkov held his serve to open the third set.In other second round action, fourth seed Jan-Michael Gambill battled past fellow American Justin Gimelstob, 7-5, 7-5 and will now take on Brazil’s Flavio Saretta, who upset eighth-seeded American Vincent Spadea 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.Capriati, Mauresmo ease into third roundINDIAN WELLS: Second seed Jennifer Capriati and No.5 Amelie Mauresmo powered their way to the third round of the $2.1 million Pacific Life Open on Thursday with straight set wins.Playing in only her third tournament of the year, Capriati had to struggle briefly before downing Italy’s Antonella Serra Zanetti 6-4, 6-2. The 26-year-old Capriati was erratic in the first set, but in the second, began to find the lines with her thunderous groundstrokes. In just her third tournament back since right knee surgery last autumn, Mauresmo eased past 17-year-old Swiss prospect Myriam Casanova 6-4, 6-0.Lindsay Davenport beat Czech Daja Bedanova 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, while 12th seed Eleni Daniilidou beat France’s Stephanie Foretz 7-5, 6-4. Meanwhile, 13th seed Elena Bovina of Russia came back to defeat Cho Yoon-jeong 6-4 5-7 6-1 and number 14 seed Elena Dementieva rallied past Iveta Benesova 2-6, 6-4, 6-1. There were two upsets when Svetlana Kuznetsova stunned seventh seed Anastasia Myskina 6-4, 6-7, 6-3 and Indonesia’s Angelique Widjaja pounced on ninth seed Patty Schnyder 6-4, 6-2
