Kafelnikov succumbs

Moya was beaten 6-3, 7-5 by Argentine quot;lucky loserquot; Franco Squillari, who returned when 11th seed Todd Martin dropped out with an injured shoulder.

In the day8217;s other big tie, US Open champion Pat Rafter produced his best performance for nine months to survive a second set fightback by Andre Agassi and win 6-1, 7-6 7-4.

Kuerten will face Slovak Karol Kucera, who came from a setdown to beat Britain8217;s Tim Henman 4-6, 7-6 7-5, 6-3 in a gruelling floodlit late match which lasted two hours 24 minutes.

Australia8217;s Rafter will meet Ecuador8217;s Nicolas Lapentti while Squillari8217;sprize for defeating Moya is a quarter-final clash against another Spaniard, world No.7 Alex Corretja.

Hingis in quarters

BERLIN: World No.1 Martina Hingis cruised through to the quarter-finals of the German Open today with a straightforward 6-4, 6-1 win over Russian Elena Likhovtseva.

Top seed Hingis, chasing her first triumph in the Berlin clay-court event, was leading 4-1 in the second set when a heavy shower halted play. But the sky soon cleared and the 18-year-old Swiss sealed victory. She will now face Austrian Barbara Schett, seeded 16th, for a place in the last four.

Schett, a semi-finalist in Hamburg earlier this month, beat sixth seed Nathalie Tauziat of France 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 after a close battle.