BASLE. Switzerland. Oct 9: Andre Agassi and Tim Henman were the only seeds to survive two rounds of stunning upsets and reach the auarteriinais of the Swiss In-oor championships on Thursday. reports Reuters.

Agassi, the fourth seed, remained on track for his sixth title of the season with a 6-2, 6-

2 second round demoliUon of Swiss qualifier Ivo Heuberger while seventh seed Henman beat Morocco s Hicham Arazi 6-4. 7-6.

"You look at the names and this is one of the strongest tournaments of the year so it's not surprising that there are some upsets," said Henman, the world number 11.

"Some people might be surprised but players know that

anyone In the top 150 can win ‘on any given day."

Earlier, defending champion Greg Rusedski and fifth seed Yevgeny Kafelnikov stumbled out of the tournament. Joining first round casualties Pete Sampras and Patrick Rafter.

Rusedski, seeded seven, showed none of the form he displayed in reaching the final in Toulouse last week, falling 7-6. 7-5 in the second round to German qualifier David Prinosil.

Prinosil had ventured past the first round only once in his seven tournaments since Wimbledon.

Sweden's Magnus Gustafsson came back from a set down to beat Kafelnikov 3-6, 6-3, 7-5.

Their demise was nothing compared to the first round carnage with Sampras and Rafter, the world's top two players. and Australian Open champion Petr Korda all going out of the 1 million US dollars tournament within 24 hours of each other. While the other seeds struggled. Agassi found the going easy thanks in large part to a kind draw that pitteci the former world number one against two Swiss challengers, both ranked well outside the top 100.

His first match against 17-year-old Roger Federer lasted Just 55 minutes and Thursday's clash with Heuberger occupied 52 minutes.

"Beating a qualifier doesn't necessarily feel great but it feels great to have two wins behind me," said Agassi who meets Gustafsson in today s quarterfinals.

You Just keep going to the next point and if the match goes quickly you count your blessings."

Henman, the British number one. had to work a bit harder for his win over a gutsy Arazi.

"When you win in straight sets you have to be happy." said Henman. "It wasn't the best tennis but I was serving well."

The match produced just one break, that going to Henman at 5-4 to give him the opening set.

The two players matched each other shot-for-shot in the second, Henman eventually taking it on the tiebreak 7-4.