Top-seeded Croat Marin Cilic and last
year's runner-up Gael Monfils were among Thursday's second-round winners at
the Bank Austria Tennis Trophy.
Cilic got past German Daniel Brands 7-6 (9-7), 6-4, while a third-seeded
Monfils outlasted Czech Jan Hajek 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 on the indoor hardcourts at
Wiener Stadthalle. The French Monfils was upset by German Philipp Petzschner
in last year's Vienna finale.
Sixth-seeded Spaniard Feliciano Lopez moved on with a 6-3, 6-3 spanking of
Austria's own Daniel Koellerer, while seventh-seeded Austrian favorite Jurgen
Melzer moved into the round of eight with a 6-4, 7-5 decision against
Slovakian veteran Dominik Hrbaty, a qualifier this week. Lopez captured his
lone ATP title here in Vienna back in 2004.
One final second-rounder saw Serbian Janko Tipsarevic dismiss German Michael
Berrer 7-6 (7-3), 6-1.
Friday's quarterfinals will pit Cilic against Lopez, second-seeded Czech Radek
Stepanek versus Melzer, Monfils against Tipsarevic and fourth-seeded German
Philipp Kohlschreiber versus fifth-seeded Spaniard Nicolas Almagro.
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