Second seed Rafael Nadal reached the quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Masters Series event after edging German Tommy Haas 7-6, 6-3 on Thursday (Aug. 17th).

While emerging British prospect Andy Murray survived a tough test also to reach the quarter-finals by recovering from 4-2 down in the deciding set to beat American Robby Ginepri 7-6, 2-6, 6-4.

French Open champion Nadal next meets Spain's Juan Carlos Ferrero, who put out Swede Robin Soderling 7-5, 6-4.

The 19-year-old Murray, who eliminated world number one Roger Federer the previous day, dug deep to dismiss Ginepri, a semi-finalist at last year's U.S. Open.

Fourth seed Ivan Ljubicic beat Slovak Dominik Hrbaty 7-5, 6-4 and next faces seventh seed Tommy Robredo of Spain.

Chilean 13th seed Fernando Gonzalez also advanced after a 7-6, 7-5 win over unseeded Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka.

Editor: Donald