Ferrer, Murray reach Valencia quarterfinals (Yahoo Sports)

David Ferrer and Andy Murray both advanced to the Valencia Open quarterfinals after easy wins against error-prone opponents on Thursday. The top-seeded Ferrer beat Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 6-2 after jumping out to early leads in both sets by breaking his his fellow Spaniard’s first service games, while the third-seeded Murray dispatched Fabio Fognini 6-2, 6-4 on the indoor hard court. Ferrer, a three-time champion in Valencia, used his tenacious ground game to force Verdasco into errors and took the first set when his opponent sent a shot into the net. Ferrer finished with only eight unforced errors to 25 for Verdasco, who hit five double-faults.