TENNIS - AUSTRALIANS ADVANCE AT CANADIAN OPEN .  TORONTO 1996-08-22  It was Australia Day at the $ 2 million Canadian Open on Thursday as three Aussies reached the quarter-finals with straight-set victories .  Unseeded Patrick Rafter recorded the most noteworthy result as he upset sixth-seeded American MaliVai Washington 6-2 6-1 in just 50 minutes .  Todd Woodbridge , who defeated Canadian Daniel Nestor 7-6 ( 7-2 ) 7-6 ( 7-4 ) , and Mark Philippoussis , a 6-3 6-4 winner over Bohdan Ulihrach of the [START_ENT] Czech Republic [END_ENT] , also advanced and will meet in Friday 's quarter-finals .  Third-seeded Wayne Ferreira of South Africa defeated Tim Henman of Britain 6-4 6-4 after a three-hour evening rain delay and fifth-seeded Thomas Enqvist of Sweden won his third-round match , eliminating Petr Korda of the Czech Republic 6-3 6-4 .  Ferreira and Enqvist play in a Friday night quarter-final .  Two Americans , seventh seed Todd Martin and unseeded Alex O'Brien , will meet on Friday after winning matches on Thursday .  Martin overcame Cedric Pioline of France 2-6 6-2 6-4 and O'Brien beat Mikael Tillstrom of Sweden 6-3 2-6 6-3 .  " If you really look at the match , " said the 12th-ranked Washington after losing to the 70th-ranked Rafter , " I never really got a chance to play because he was serving big and getting in close to the net .  " He was also able to handle my serve pretty easily because my ( first ) service percentage was only in the 40s .  Put those two things together and you get a loss . "  Rafter missed 10 weeks after wrist surgery earlier this year and the time away from tennis has given him a new perspective .  " Before when I was on tour , I always felt I had to be in bed by 9:30 or 10 o'clock and I had to be up at a certain time , " Rafter said . "  Now I can go to bed at at midnight or wake up at seven in the morning .  I just do n't have as many set routines and it 's made me a happier person . "  Martin was pleased with his victory over Pioline , his first in five meetings with the 11th-ranked Frenchman . "  It 's always difficult to win a match when you lose the first set , especially against someone you have never beaten , " he said .  " I got more aggressive in the second and third sets and the wind picked up and that also affected things because Cedric definitely went off a little bit . "  The 26-year-old O'Brien , who won the ATP Tour stop in New Haven last week , has now won 18 of his last 20 matches , dating back to qualifying rounds in Los Angeles in late July .  He ranks 76th after being 285th four weeks ago .  " I feel I 'm hitting the ball well even though I 'm having more mental letdowns than I did last week , " O'Brien said . "  But I 'm still competing well . "  " I got a lot of first serves in , " said Enqvist about his victory over Korda . "  I did n't miss that many shots and he was making the mistakes . "  Still marvelling at an exciting 64-stroke rally he won in the last game of his second-round match against Javier Sanchez of Spain on Tuesday , Enqvist joked , " Today against Petr there were about 64 strokes in the whole match .  It was mostly short points . "
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