Yay! Carlos won his match against Troicki - but he had to fight hard.
Bien hecho! Here is a report:

Croatia holder Moya fights way to last 8

UMAG, Croatia (AP) -- Defending champion Carlos Moya needed nearly
three hours to subdue Serbian Viktor Troicki 3-6 7-6 (2) 7-5 on
Wednesday and reach the quarterfinals at the Croatia Open.

Moya, a five-time Umag champion and seeded third, double-faulted three
times and was broken three times to lose the first set to Troicki, last
year's semifinalist.

He recovered in the second set, fighting off three break points -- two
at 4-4 and one at 5-5 -- to force a tiebreak and even the match. Moya
said losing "crossed my mind. But this is Umag - I cannot lose here."

Moya jumped ahead 3-0 in the final set, but Troicki equalized at 3-3
and was within two points ahead of victory at 5-4.The Spaniard
eventually overcame his 44 first-serve percentage to win in 2 hours, 45
minutes.

Moya - who had a bye in the first round - next will play seventh-seeded
Fabio Fognini, who beat two-time Umag finalist Filippo Volandri 6-4, 6-
4.



--- In carlosmoya2@yahoogroups.com, "sagarmeansocean"
<sagarmeansocean@...> wrote:
>
> --- In carlosmoya2@yahoogroups.com, bev29x <no_reply@> wrote:
> >
> > Carlos plays Umag this week, he is seeded No. 3 (Verdasco is 1,
> > Karlovic 2 - Moya is in Verdasco's half).
> > Carlos has a bye first up. I so-o-o hope he does well here, as
> > defending champion he needs to step up and play like the old Carlos
> we
> > know ... wouldn't it be great if he won it once again?
> >
> yes mate its been a high time now.we cant see our hero strugglin can
we?
> hopefully he regains his form from here so tht he does well in us
open.
>