Tennis: Morocco's Arazi cruises to third round of Monte-Carlo open

Moroccan tennis player Hicham Arazi cruised Wednesday to the third round of the $ 2.95 million Monte Carlo Masters Series tournament.

Arazi defeated in the second round Swedish Magnus Norman, seeded N¡ 3 in the tournament, in two straight sets (6-2, 6-4).

In the first round, Arazi beat Mariano Puerta (Argentina) who quit the game for injury. The Moroccan was leading one set to nil.

The two other Moroccans participating in the tournament, Younes El Aynaoui and Karim Alami were squeezed out at the first round, respectively by Brazilian Gustavo Kuerten, (6-4, 4-6 et 6-4) and Dutch Jeng Schalken (6-2, 6-0).