Davydenko ousted in Stuttgart

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07/15/2010 - Stuttgart, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko came up a second-round loser Thursday at the Mercedes Cup tennis event.

Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver upended the speedy world No. 6 Russian star in 7-6 (9-7), 2-6, 6-1 fashion on the red clay at TC Weissenhof. This marked Davydenko's first match of the week, after he received an opening-round bye.

Gimeno-Traver pulled off the upset in 2 hours, 12 minutes, with the help of 12 aces on Day 4. The 88th-ranked Spaniard had never beaten a top-10 player before Thursday (1-5).

Fourth-seeded former world No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero avoided an upset by overcoming Argentine Horacio Zeballos 6-7 (1-7), 7-6 (7-3), 6-2. The match was suspended because of darkness here on Wednesday, with the players knotted at 6-6 in the second set, but its was all Ferrero, a former French Open champion, here on Thursday.

Third-seeded Gael Monfils of France moved into the round of eight with a 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 victory over Spanish qualifier Pablo Andujar. Monfils and his fellow top-four seeds all received byes into the second round here.

Two other second-round bouts saw Swiss Marco Chiudinelli handle speedy German wild card Bjorn Phau 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 and German Florian Mayer maul Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-3, 6-1.

Friday's quarterfinals will pit second-seeded French Open semifinalist Jurgen Melzer of Austria against fifth-seeded Spaniard Albert Montanes; Monfils versus Mayer; the Spanish Ferrero against German Simon Greul; and Gimeno- Traver versus Chiudinelli.

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