ZAGREB, Feb 3: Lukas Lacko of Slovakia ousted second seed Alex Bogomolov Jr of Russia 6-0, 6-7, 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals of the Zagreb Indoors here on Thursday.
Bogomolov Jr a quarter-finalist last year, rallied after dropping the first set but lost five games in only 14 minutes in the
decider to bow out.Third seed Mikhail Youzhny of Russia defeated Grega Zemlja of Slovenia 6-1, 6-3 to reach his third quarter-final in Zagreb.
Results (prefix number denotes seeding):Second round: 8-Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) bt Dudi Sela (Israel) 6-3, 6-2; 4-Ivan Dodig (Croatia) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4; 3-Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) bt Grega Zemlja (Slovenia) 6-1, 6-3; Lukas Lacko (Slovakia) bt 2-Alex
Bogomolov Jr (Russia) 6-0, 6-7 (1-7), 6-1; 6-Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) bt Lukasz Kubot (Poland) 6-4, 6-2.
MONFILS MOVES AHEADMONTPELLIER (France): Defending champion Gael Monfils finished off Michael Russell of the US with his 17th ace in winning 6-3, 6-3 to reach the Montpellier International quarter-finals on Thursday.
Russell double-faulted to drop serve at 3-3 and lost the opening set on a forehand error. Third seed Monfils capitalized on a backhand error from Russell to break for a 3-1 lead in the second set.
Results:Second round: 8-Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (France) 7-6 (7-4), 6-1; 3-Gael Monfils (France) bt Michael Russell (US) 6-3, 6-3; 1-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) bt Florent Serra (France) 6-0, 6-2; Nicolas Mahut (France) bt 6-Florian Mayer (Germany) 7-6 (7-3), 6-3.
DELBONIS UPSETS BELLUCCIVINA DEL MAR (Chile): Argentine qualifier Federico Delbonis reached his second career ATP quarter-finals when he upset third seed Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil 6-2, 7-5 in the VTR Open on Thursday.
Bellucci, the Vina del Mar champion two years ago, dropped his serve four times to Delbonis Delbonis’ opponent in the quarterfinal will be seventh-seeded Carlos Berlocq, who overwhelmed fellow Argentine Diego Junqueira 6-1, 6-0.
Results:Second round: 2-Juan Ignacio Chela (Argentina) bt Horacio Zeballos (Argentina) 6-4, 7-6 (7-2); Joao Souza (Brazil) bt Fernando Gonzalez (Chile) 6-3, 7-6 (8-6); Federico Delbonis (Argentina) bt 3-Thomaz Bellucci (Brazil) 6-2, 7-5; 7-Carlos Berlocq (Argentina) bt Diego Junqueira (Argentina) 6-1, 6-0.—Agencies