Thomas Johansson put his veteran's poise to good use on Thursday as he out-aced one of the game's biggest servers, overcoming fellow Swede Joachim Johansson 6-4, 6-4 for a place in the quarter-finals of the 782,250-euros Rotterdam Open.

RESULTS (x denotes seed):

(SECOND ROUND): Thomas Johansson (SWE) bt Joachim Johansson (SWE x5) 6-4, 6-4; Mario Ancic (CRO) bt Olivier Rochus (BEL) 6-4, 6-3.

RESULTS (x denotes seed):

(SECOND ROUND): Thomas Johansson (SWE) bt Joachim Johansson (SWE x5) 6-4, 6-4; Mario Ancic (CRO) bt Olivier Rochus (BEL) 6-4, 6-3.

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