Moroccan tennismen cruise to quarterfinal in Doha Open

Moroccan tennis players Karim Alami and Hicham Arazi cruised Thursday to the third round of the $1 million tournament in Doha, Qatar.

Alami booked his qualification ticket following a win over Argentina's Franco Squillari in three sets 6-2, 6-7, 7-5, while Arazi, ranked 36th in the world, advanced to the third round after edging out Russian Evgueni Kafelnikov (third seeded) in three sets 3-6, 6-1, 7-6.

Arazi and Alami will meet this Friday in the quarter finals.