Reigning champion Roger Federer,
clay-court king Rafael Nadal and Australian Open titlist Novak Djokovic were
easy quarterfinal winners Friday at the $2.955 million Masters Series
Hamburg, a clay-court French Open tuneup.
Second-seeded Maria Sharapova advanced,
while both Williams sisters exited the quarterfinal round of the $1.34 million
Italian Open on Friday, a clay-court French Open tuneup.