Top seed Vince Spadea survived a second-round scare from Russian qualifier Teimuraz Gabashvili on Wednesday before advancing to the quarter-finals of the rain-plagued Millennium International ATP tennis tournament. Spadea rallied to beat the 19-year-old 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 in a rain-disrupted match. Spadea, who lost to Brazilian Ricardo Mello in the final here last year, captured his first career title in Scottsdale, Arizona.

COLLATED RESULTS (2nd round):

Xavier Malisse (BEL x3) bt Juan-Pablo Guzman (ARG) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1; Kevin Kim (USA x8) bt Todd Windom (USA) 6-2, 6-3; Vincent Spadea (USA x1) bt Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) 4-6, 7-5, 6-3; Ramon Delgado (PAR) leads Sun Peng (CHN) 6-7 (6/8), 6-1, 2-0 (rain halts play, to resume Thursday).

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