Jiri Vanek causes upset

palermo, italy: in palermo, jiri vanek of the czech republic pulled off the biggest shock of day three of the $400,000 sicilian international tennis tournament. unseeded vanek dispatched sixth-seeded swede andreas vinciguerra 7-6 (7/2), 6-2 and next tackles fourth seeded tommy robredo of spain. vinciguerra's defeat was a particular disappointment to the sicilians in the crowd who have taken the scandinavian to their hearts because his father -- a pizza baker who emigrated to sweden and later married his son's swedish mother -- is from taormina not far from mount etna.robredo was an equally convincing winner, seeing off american hugo armando 7-6 (7/3), 6-2. spain's fifth seed albert costa was another easy winner on day three, his 6-2, 6-1 triumph ending the hopes of federico luzzi, the last remaining italian in the competition. costa's quarter-final opponent will be david nalbandian of argentina who accounted for fernando vicente of spain 6-4, 6-4. earlier, in a gruelling three-set affair, seventh-seeded franco squillari of argentina outlasted spain's juan balcells, 7-6 (6), 5-7, 6-2.