Agassi cruises into quarter-finals

Top seed Andre Agassi maintained his return to form with a 6-2 7-5 victory over compatriot Kevin Kim to ease into the quarter-finals of the Los Angeles Open on Thursday.

Playing his first event since May having recovered from a hip injury, Agassi has advanced through the draw with a minimum of fuss, disposing of Jean-Rene Lisnard 6-1 6-0 in his return to action on Tuesday.

"It's hard to hope for much better," the 35-year-old said. "The first match was pretty much on my terms and today I had to worry about leaving some balls hanging because he was getting pretty aggressive."