Latvian Ernests Gulbis erased a 0-4 lead to knock out world no. 25 from South Korea 7-6(2) 6-2 in the second round.
Later, South African Anderson had to give his all before prevailing 7-6(2) 7-6(6) over Serbia’s Laslo Djere in two hours and eight minutes.
Anderson will now fight it out with seventh seed Jaume Munar, who sent packing qualifier Simone Bolleli 7-5 6-0.
Ranked 93, Illya Ivashka of Belarus stretched world number 30 Simon, who had to grind his way to quarterfinals with a 6-7 (3) 6-2 6-1 after battling hard for two hours and 31 minutes.
Third seed Simon, who usually has effortless movement had to run a lot on court with Ivashka returning almost everything.
Also advancing to the quarterfinals was fifth seed Benoit Paire, who defeated Cez Jiri Vesley 6-4 6-2.
Steve Darcis’s impressive comeback was extended to quarterfinals with a 4-6 7-6(4) 6-2 win over talented American youngster Michael Mmoh
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