Tennis: Morocco's Arazi in Hassan II Grand Prix quarterfinal

Morocco's Hicham Arazi made it Thursday to the quarterfinal of the $350,000 Hassan II Grand Prix, currently played in Casablanca.

Arazi cruised upon a win over Belgium's Christoph Rochus in two sets 6-2, 7-5.

He joins countryman Younes Al-Aynaoui, who qualified Wednesday for the same round.

Winner of the 1997 edition, Arazi plays this Friday Spain's Fernando Vicente, while Al-Aynaoui plays Argentina's Marioano Puerta.

The other quarterfinal pairs are: Sebastian Grosjean of France against Sergi Bruguera of Spain and Arnaud Dipasqual of France against Andreas Vinciguerra.