| One of the finalists in the 2003 BMW Open Jarkko | | | | ascended more than 100 spaces in the ATP rankings |
| Nieminen from Finland advanced to the quarterfinals of | | | | in less than a year. This year's 18 wins surpass the |
| the same tournament this year when he defeated his | | | | total triumphs he took home in the past two seasons |
| German opponent Alexander Waske 7-6 (7-2), 6-3 on | | | | combined (17). |
| Wednesday. | | | | The next match for Vliegen will be with Philipp |
| Nieminen will be playing the next BMW Open match | | | | Kohlschreiber of Germany, who beat Jan Hernych of |
| against Robin Vik of the Czech Republic to define | | | | the Czech Republic 3-6, 6-0, 7-5. |
| who will be part of the semifinals. This one is the sixth | | | | There are just a couple seeds left on the tournament. |
| quarterfinal of the season for the left-handed Nieminen, | | | | Nieminen is the #3 seed and is one of only two |
| who has improved 21- 9 in the present season. | | | | seeded players left in the championship. The other one |
| Robin Vik defeated Juan Monaco of Argentina 7-6 | | | | is #5 seed Olivier Rochus who didn't play on |
| (7-3), 4-6, 6-4. If Vik reaches this semifinal, it would be | | | | Wednesday but will take on Spain's Ruber Ramirez |
| his first one of the year. | | | | Hidalgo in his second-round match on Thursday. |
| Also Kristof Vliegen (Belgium) advanced when he beat | | | | Five of the seven seeds were eliminated on Tuesday. |
| Robin Soderling (Sweden) 5-7, 6-2, 6-4. Vliegen has | | | | |