Horacio Zeballos qualified to the quarterfinals of the Houston tennis tournament today by beating Israeli Dudi Sela 6-3, 6-2.Tomorrow, Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina in the other race, will face the former world number one, Lleyton Hewitt, with whom he had an altercation recalled in Australia opened in 2005, for the quarter-final odds.
Zeballos (54) won in less than 54 minutes to the Israeli (69). The Mar del Plata will rival the winner of the clash between Chile's Fernando Gonzalez, 11 in the world and top seed, and South African Kevin Anderson (108).
Chela (82) will be with Hewitt (now 27), in a new duel which grew under after round one match in Australia, where the Argentinean rival tired of the points he shouted in the face, threw a spit.
Hewitt had to work hard today to a tie break in the third set before the Indian Somdev Devvarman (116), who eventually won 1-6, 6-0, 7-6. Hewitt prevails 5-2 in the clash with Chela.
