VIENNA - Andy Murray reached the quarter-finals of the Erste Bank Open after a hard-fought 6-4, 6-4 win over Canadas Vasek Pospi

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VIENNA - Andy Murray reached the quarter-finals of the Erste Bank Open after a hard-fought 6-4, 6-4 win over Canadas Vasek Pospisil on Thursday. Reuben Foster 49ers Jersey .The second-seeded Murray, who had a bye in the first round, dropped serve while leading 3-2 in the second set but held off five more break chances for Pospisil. The Canadian had 27 aces in his first-round win over Daniel Brands of Germany but just three against Murray.It was a tricky match to start with. He serves well and is a quick mover, Murray said. It was hard. It was the first time I played indoors since Rotterdam, which was seven, eight months ago. And its always different to play indoors ... the match couldve definitely been a lot closer.Murray decided only last Friday to accept a wild card as he is chasing points in order to qualify for the ATP Finals in London next month.Hopefully, I can improve for my next game, the Scot said after his 470th career win. He joined Fabrice Santoro in 50th place on the Open era win list.Pospisil, from Vancouver, had eight double-faults and lost serve late in each set as the 11th-ranked Murray imposed his game in their first career meeting. I felt like overall I played well from the baseline, but my serve let me down for sure, said Pospisil. I cant remember when I had so many double-faults and such a low first-serve percentage.Other than that it was a good match. I had chances in both sets but Andy played well when he had to.Pospisil, the world No. 44, fell to 19-21 on the season.He will return to action next week at the Swiss Indoors. Pospisil reached the semifinals last year in Basel before falling to Swiss star Roger Federer.My goal is to try and finish the season strong, Pospisil said. Both Basel and Paris are big events with a lot of opportunities. I want to get in some good matches and hopefully play well.Murray next plays Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany, who won the last seven points in the third-set tiebreaker to beat Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine 7-6 (6), 2-6, 7-6 (3).David Ferrer advanced to his 15th quarterfinal of the season after defeating Tobias Kamke of Germany 7-5, 6-1. The fifth-ranked Ferrer, the top seed, avoided service breaks and converted his second match point with a forehand winner.It was tough in the first set but in the second I played better, more solid, more consistent, said Ferrer, who plays No. 6 Ivo Karlovic of Croatia in the quarterfinals.The Spaniard needs to reach Sundays final to improve his chances of qualifying for the ATP Finals.Earlier, Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil rallied to beat the 2004 champion, No. 3 Feliciano Lopez, 6-7 (9), 6-1, 6-4.Lopez, who was ranked a career-high 14th after beating Rafael Nadal on his way to the Shanghai semifinals last week, lost eight straight games from 1-1 in the second. The Spaniard also lost 19 points in a row, including the first 13 of the final set.Bellucci will meet Viktor Troicki of Serbia, who reached his third quarterfinal since returning from a doping ban in July by beating No. 5 Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-2.Also, Benjamin Becker of Germany defeated last years finalist, Robin Haase of the Netherlands, 6-3, 6-3, winning six straight games to lead by a set and 2-0. He lined up a quarterfinal against compatriot Philipp Kohlschreiber.———With files from The Canadian Press. Solomon Thomas 49ers Jersey . PETERSBURG, Fla. Solomon Thomas Jersey . According to various reports, the striker is about to sign a five-and-a-half year extension with Manchester United worth a reported 300,000 pounds a week that would see him at Old Trafford until 2019. http://www.thenflsf49ersfanatic.com/c-79-49ers-joe-williams-jersey.aspx . Four years after winning gold on home ice in Vancouver, the Canadians will get a chance to make it two in a row Sunday against Sweden after beating the United States 1-0 in the Olympic semifinals Friday at Bolshoy Ice Dome.Detroit, MI (SportsNetwork.com) - Pavel Datsyuk and Gustav Nyquist both scored in the shootout as the Detroit Red Wings denied the Minnesota Wilds comeback bid with a 5-4 win on Monday. After Zach Parise missed high for Minnesota, Datsyuk was on point with his backhander as he lifted the puck over Darcy Kuempers glove and into the net. Petr Mrazek stayed with Mikko Koivu and stopped his attempts before Nyquist swerved in from the right side, caught Kuemper moving and slid the puck between the netminders pads for the win. Nyquist finished with a goal and an assist, Teemu Pulkkinen scored his first NHL goal and Jonathan Ericsson and Xavier Ouellet also scored for the Red Wings, who won their fifth straight game Henrik Zetterberg tallied three assists and Mrazek made 34 saves in the win. Parise scored twice, Thomas Vanek had a goal and an assist and Koivu also scored for the Wild, who have dropped two straight. Kuemper made 14 saves after taking over for Devan Dubnyk, who allowed four goals on just 10 shots. Trailing 4-1 in the third, the Wild got within a goal after Parise skated behind the defense up the left side and shot the puck into the net at 6:01, then Vanek scored on a backhander four minutes later for a 4-3 game. Ericssons clear attempt from behind the net was knockeed down by Parise in front. Solomon Thomas Youth Jersey. Mrazek made the initial stop, but Parise knocked in his own rebound for a tie game with 6:39 remaining. Early in the extra session, Mrazek made a sharp blocker save on Parises wrister off a 2-on-1. Each goaltender made three saves in overtime. Detroit opened the scoring 9:09 into the contest on Pulkkinens milestone marker. Stephen Weiss skated up to the right circle and backhanded a pass to Pulkkinen, who ripped a shot from the slot past the blocker of Dubnyk. Seven seconds into a Detroit penalty, Koivu tied the game with a wrister through the pads of Mrazek at 13:22. The Red Wings reclaimed the lead just over a minute later on Ericssons blast from the left point. Nyquist made it a 3-1 game by deflecting Nicklas Kronwalls point shot under the glove of Dubnyk for a power-play goal 3:41 into the second. Ouellet jumped on a loose puck in the high slot and snapped a shot that was deflected off Wild forward Justin Fontaines skate for a three-goal Detroit lead at 7:25. Game Notes Parise has scored in four straight games ... Kuemper returned after missing six games with a lower-body injury ... 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