Delray Beach International Tennis Championships

Del Potro, Anderson move on to Delray quarterfinals

Juan Martin Del Potro powers past Teymurza Gabashvili Friday evening at the Delray Beach ITC.

By Palm Beach Business.com

DELRAY BEACH — Juan Martin Del Potro kept on rolling Thursday evening, easily beating Teymuraz Gabashvili 6-1, 6-1 Thursday evening at the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships.

In the night cap, South African Kevin Anderson dispatched France's Florent Serra 6-1, 6-4. Anderson, the No. 5 seed in the tournament, will face Del Porto in a quarterfinal match Friday night.

Russian Gabashvili had beaten No. 4 seed John Isner in his previous match, and came into the tournament 90 spots higher than Del Potro in world rankings. But this night, he had no answers for the powerful Del Potro, winner of the 2009 U.S. Open.

Earlier in the day, American Mardy Fish beat Brazil's Ricardo Mello 6-2, 6-1, in a matchup of two former ITC champions.

Fish will play Alejandro Falla of Colombia at 7:15 Friday evening, with the Del Potro-Anderson match following.

Kevin Anderson of South Africa easily beat France's Florent Serra in the night cap Thursday at the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships.