WIMBLEDON -- While Pete Sampras' run at Wimbledon was ending on Centre Court on Monday, 1992 champion Andre Agassi made no mistake, beating German 19th seed Nicolas Kiefer 6-3, 7-5, 7-5.

No. 2 seed Agassi will meet No. 24 seed Nicolas Escude, who upset fifth-seeded Lleyton Hewitt, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.

Third seed Pat Rafter survived an early scare to beat Russian teenager Mikhail Youzhny 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-5 and move into the quarterfinals.

The Australian, the runner-up last year, was error-prone as Youzhny, at 19 the youngest player left in the men's singles, broke twice to take the first set.

Rafter looked shell-shocked but he regained concentration to break once in the second set and twice in the third as normal service was resumed on court two.

Youzhny, world No. 85, saved five break points early in the fourth set but a double fault in the 11th game helped Rafter secure a vital break of serve and he completed the two hour, 20 minute victory on his second match point.

Rafter meets 10th seed Thomas Enqvist of Sweden in the last eight.

Enqvist, seeded 10, lost the first nine points against Argentina's Guillermo Canas but found his feet to win 6-3, 6-3, 6-1.

Russian fourth seed Marat Safin rediscovered his imperious form of last year to pummel French 13th seed Arnaud Clement 6-0, 6-3, 6-2.

Safin, who won the U.S. Open and finished as the world No. 2 in 2000, has endured a miserable run this season, but he put all that behind him by storming to a one-set lead in just 20 minutes.

Clement, the runner-up at the Australian Open, regrouped at the start of the second set, but Safin broke in the seventh and ninth games to build a firm platform.

Clement vented his frustration by hitting a ball out of the stands on court 18, but the pressure soon told again as Safin broke to lead 4-2 in the third set with a stunning crosscourt pass.

Safin, who converted his fourth match point, plays either Goran Ivanisevic in the quarterfinals.

Ivanisevic, a fan favorite because of his big serve and on-court antics, eliminated Rusedski, a Canadian-born Briton, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4.

Ivanisevic finished with an ace -- his 22nd of the match -- jumped, then pumped his left hand.

In men's doubles, top seeds Todd Woodbridge and Jonas Bjorkman were knocked out in the third round by American brothers Bob and Mike Bryan.

Woodbridge won the title last year with long-time partner Mark Woodforde who has since retired. The Bryans, seeded 15, won 7-6 (1), 7-6 (4), 6-3.