STUTTGART (Germany), July 10: Michael Berrer reached the quarter-finals of his hometown Stuttgart Cup when third-seeded Nicolas Almagro retired injured while trailing 7-5 on Wednesday.

Almagro injured his right wrist.

Results (prefix number denotes seeding):

Second round: Michael Berrer (Germany) bt 3-Nicolas Almagro (Spain) 7-5 (Almagro retired); Albert Montanes (Spain) bt Oscar Hernandez (Spain) 7-6(4), 6-4; 2-Richard Gasquet (France) bt Lukas Rosol (Czech Republic) 6-7(7), 6-2, 6-2; 6-Agustin Calleri (Argentina) bt Pablo Cuevas (Uruguay) 5-7, 7-5, 6-1.

First round: 5-Simone Bolelli (Italy) bt Mischa Zverev (Germany) 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-2; Brian Dabul (Argentina) bt Denis Gremelmayr (Germany) 6-3, 5-7, 6-3.

WAWRINKA MOVES ON

GSTAAD (Switzerland): Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka snapped his all-or-nothing career jinx at the Swiss Open on Wednesday, scratching out a 7-6 (8/6), 5-7, 7-6 (7/3) win over Stephane Bohli.

Results:

Second round: 1-Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) bt Stephane Bohli (Switzerland) 7-6(6), 5-7, 7-6(3); Marin Cilic (Croatia) bt 2-Paul-Henri Mathieu (France) 6-3, 6-4; 8-Guillermo Canas (Argentina) bt Kristof Vliegen (Belgium) Walkover; 7-Igor Andreev (Russia) bt Florent Serra (France) 7-5, 6-4.

STARACE DOWNS SAFIN

BASTAD (Sweden): Potito Starace beat Russian Marat Safin in the second round of the Swedish Open on Wednesday to take his second win in a row over a former world number one.

Results:

Second round: 4-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) bt Thomas Johansson (Sweden) 7-6(2), 6-2; 2-Fernando Verdasco (Spain) bt Ervin Eleskovic (Sweden) 6-0, 4-2 (Eleskovic retired); Potito Starace (Italy) bt Marat Safin (Russia) 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-4; Bjorn Rehnquist (Sweden) bt Michael Ryderstedt (Sweden) 6-3, 7-5.—Agencies