Agassi given scare by rookie Spaniard

Andre Agassi came through a three-set thriller against Spaniard Feliciano Lopez to reach the quarter-finals of the Madrid Masters.

The American, seeded second in Spain's biggest tennis tournament ever, won 7-6 (8-6) 6-7 (8-10) 7-5 before a partisan Rockodromo centre-court crowd at the Pabellon de Cristal.