$125,000 XL Bermuda Open.

But given a second life and placed among the hallowed confines of centre court, the Ecuadorean sent shockwaves throughout Coral Beach Club yesterday, eliminating third seed Sandon Stolle.

On Tuesday morning Morejon was just like any other spectator after failing in his attempt to qualify for the main draw over the weekend. But by evening he had miraculously been transformed and was readying himself for a first-round contest against Stolle due to the withdrawal of injured Belgian Filip Dewulf.

So there was Morejon yesterday afternoon standing as a sacrificial lamb waiting to be slaughtered. But instead of moving towards the second round, Stolle found himself being escorted to the first-round exit gate after falling 6-4, 6-3 to a man ranked 197th in the world.

He was soon joined on the list by number four Scott Draper and the number one seeded doubles team of Byron Black and Grant Connell -- following Tuesday's elimination of top seed Jason Stoltenberg.

World number 73 Draper was sliced and diced by Nicolas Lapentti, the Australian having no answer for the 20-year-old Ecuador native's court generalship and finely-placed groundstrokes.

Lapentti prevailed in straight sets 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) in becoming the second player to advance to the quarter-finals.

Earlier, Argentina's Marcelo Charpentier became the first to reach the last eight when he disposed of Germany's Dirk Dier -- the one who knocked out Stoltenberg on Tuesday -- 6-4, 6-2.

Charpentier commanded as much attention for his looks as for his play.

Resplendent in a colourful, patterned Addidas shirt, red and yellow strung racquet and topped off with purple-dyed hair, the Argentine was indeed hard to miss.

And he didn't miss many shots during the match either, although Dier caused some concern with consecutive aces to close the first and third games of the first set. Dier recorded five in his first two service games, however the power-well soon dried against the finesse of Charpentier and the German managed just three more in his next seven, four of which were broken.

"In the beginning I was just hoping he would let me touch the ball, I was waiting for him to miss it,'' explained Charpentier, the brother-in-law of former top 20 performer Guillermo Perez-Roldan. " He serves very good and has good strokes to get into the net but I didn't let him get into the net and when he started to miss his service I took control.

"I played a lot of big balls and moved him around.'' Charpentier's next foe is seventh seed Sargis Sargsian of Armenia, who conquered Jeff Salzenstein, when the American retired in the third set.

After losing the first set, Sargsian regrouped and gained in strength while Salzenstein began to fade. After receiving treatment for cramps three games into the third set, Salzenstein retired while trailing 3-1.

Newly installed favourite Byron Black likewise encountered some difficulty against qualifier Jerome Hanquez, dropping a set before claiming his first victory in Bermuda, 6-2, 6-7 (7-2), 6-3.

Standing out among today's affairs is the match pitting fifth seeded American Vincent Spadea against Javier Frana of Argentina, a rematch of the 1995 quarter-final.

Frana won on that occasion in three sets 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, however just two weeks ago at the Lipton Championships it was Spadea seizing the upper-hand in a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 first-round victory.

"It's going to be a tough match. This is my first clay court tournament this season, it's just a matter of getting my game back and keeping it going,'' said Spadea, here with coach and father Vincent Sr. "He's a good baseline player with powerful strokes and a good serve.

"He sets up well and goes for shots so you have to be on your game and not let him dictate points.'' More on the Open, Page 25 OPEN AT A GLANCE YESTERDAY'S RESULTS SINGLES Patrik Fredriksson (6), Sweden, d Lucas Arnold, Argentina, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 Marcelo Charpentier, Argentina, d Dirk Dier, Germany, 6-4, 6-2 Luis Adrian Morejon, Ecuador d Sandon Stolle Australia (3), 6-4, 6-3 Nicolas Lapentti, Ecuador, d Scott Draper (4), Australia, 7-3, 7-6 (7-4) Byron Black, Zimbabwe (2) d Jerome Hanquez, France 6-2, 6-7 (7-2), 6-3 Sargis Sargsian, Armenia (7) d Jeff Salzenstein 4-6, 6-2, 3-1 (retired) Johan Van Herck, Belgium d Marcos Ondruska, South Africa, 6-0, 6-0 DOUBLES Lucas Arnold/Daniel Orsanic d Tom Kempers/Tom Nijsson (4) 7-6 (7-1), 6-2 Wayne Black/Bryan Shelton d Mark Keil/Greg Van Emburgh 6-7 (7-1), 6-2, 6-4 Scott Draper/Jason Stoltenberg d Byron Black/Grant Connell (1) 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (7-4) Mariano Hood/Nicolas Lapentti v Javier Frana/Mark Knowles (3), result unavailable TODAY'S SCHEDULE Day Session Centre Court: Dannis Van Scheppingen v Kris Goossens; Brett Steven v Byron Black; Javier Frana v Vincent Spadea; Draper/Stoltenberg v Salzenstein/ Thorne.

Court Seven: Luis Adrian Morejon v Mariano Zabaleta; Lucas Arnold/Daniel Orsanic v Tommy Ho/Brett Steven.

Evening Session Centre Court: Patrick Fredriksson v Johan Van Herck; Kilderry/Wilkinson v Stolle/Suk.

Photos by Tony Cordeiro BOOTED -- Third seed Sandon Stolle (left) and Scott Draper, seeded fourth, were both eliminated on day three of the XL Bermuda Open at Coral Beach Club yesterday.