Tennis: Haas hot in Munich

German No 1 Tommy Haas advanced to the last eight of the Munich Open tennis tournament yesterday after beating Romania's Andrei Pavel 5-7, 7-6 (7-2), 6-2.

Haas will today meet Russian Mikhail Youzhny, who beat Germany's Oliver Gross 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-2).

Moroccan sixth-seed Younes El Aynaoui advanced with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 victory over Bohdan Ulihrach, of the Czech Republic. He will play France's Julien Boutter, who overcame fourth-seeded Czech Jiri Novak 6-2 7-5.