Wayne Arthurs upset top-seeded Younes El Aynaoui of Morocco to reach the third round of the Samsung Open - the final grass-court warm-up for Wimbledon.

The Australian won 6-4 7-6 (7-4), and American Mardy Fish also won over Michel Kratochvil of Switzerland, 6-3 6-4.

Hicham Arazi and Greg Rusedski are also into the third round.

Arazi of Morocco defeated sixth-seeded Max Mirnyi of Belarus 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 and Briton Rusedski won over Olivier Rochus of Belgium 6-4 6-1.

In other second-round matches at the Wimbledon warm-up: German Alexander Popp won over Andre Sa of Brazil 7-6 (7-4), 3-6 6-3; Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden, defeated Arvind Parmar of Britain 7-6 (7-5) 6-2; American Taylor Dent beat Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia-Montenegro 7-6 (7-2) 6-4; Belarussian Vladimir Voltchkov won over Alex Bogdanovic of Britain, 6-4 6-2.

"El Aynaoui is a good player and the No.1 seed, so it was a good win for me today," Arthurs said. "I knew his backhand was his weakness, so I placed a lot of my serves to that side."

"I will be looking to take this level of serving with me next week to Wimbledon. If I can keep serving as well and hold my serve, I should be able to create some opportunities in each set."

Arthurs faces Arazi next.

"I have never played Arazi before, but I rate him as one of the most talented players on the tour," Arthurs said. "When he gets going, he can make things happen with the balls. He is a great player to watch."

Arazi had few problems with Mirnyi.

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