Serna stuns Schnyder

All the other remaining seeds progressed to the quarter-finals with second-seeded Monica Seles ousting Barbara Schett of Austria 6-3 6-4.

Sampras on fire

Pete Sampras bounced back to top form at the Lyon Grand Prix today, firing 10 aces in a decisive 6-2 6-4 second-round win over Australia8217;s Todd Woodbridge.

The World No 1, who struggled to beat compatriot Todd Martin in yesterday8217;s first round, was back to his efficient best as he reached the quarterfinals of the 750,000 event.

Third seed Marcelo Rios also moved easily to the last eight, beating Nicolas Escude of France 6-2 6-3 in 59 minutes. In other matches, Spain8217;s Alex Corretja, looking for the form thattook him to this year8217;s French Open final, survived a tough second-set scare to beat Romania8217;s Andrei Pavel 6-4 2-6 6-3.

Agassi cruises ostrava: Andre Agassi strolled past Sweden8217;s Magnus Norman into the quarter-finals of the Czech Indoors yesterday but defending champion Karol Kucera crashed out. Agassi beat the 1997 runner-up Norman 6-2 7-5.

Fourth seed Yevgeny Kafelnikov appeared to be in control against Martin Damm of the Czech Republic, winning the first set 6-3, before eventually losing in three sets 3-6 6-3 6-2.