Tursunov advances in Metz; Seppi upset

Dmitry Tursunov of Russia needed just 48 minutes to reach the third round of the Open de Moseille, beating Jose Acasuso of Argentina 6-2, 6-2 Wednesday.

Tursunov, seeded fifth, had 10 aces and converted all four of his break points. His lone title this year came in Sydney, Australia, in January.

He will next face the winner of Wednesday’s match between top-seeded Ivo Karlovic and Spanish veteran Carlos Moya. Latvia’s Ernests Gulbis faced Serbia’s Janko Tipsarevic in another second-round match.

In the first round, French qualifier Adrian Mannarino upset sixth-seeded Andreas Seppi of Italy 6-4, 6-2; No. 7 Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic advanced 6-3, 6-3 over Julien Benneteau of France; and qualifier Rik de Voest of South Africa rallied past Frenchman Arnaud Clement 4-6, 6-2, 7-5.