- BELGRADE: Somdev Devvarman of India beat third-seed Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 7-6 (6), 2-6, 7-6 (8) Thursday in the second round of Serbia Open.
The match lasted for 3 hours, 14 minutes, with Garcia-Lopez struggling with his serve in the occasional drizzle. The Spaniard double-faulted six times and was broken six times. Devvarman sealed the victory when Garcia-Lopez netted an overhead smash.
Devvarman will face seventh-seeded Serb Janko Tipsarevic, who cruised into the quarterfinals by defeating Mischa Zverev from Germany 6-2, 6-0.
“I promised my audience they will see better play from me in the second round and I kept the promise,” said Tipsarevic, who had to rally from a set down to beat Kei Nishikori of Japan in the first round.
Italy's Filippo Volandri also reached the quarterfinals by defeating Illya Marchenko from Ukraine 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.
Second-seeded Viktor Troicki of Serbia will face Marcel Granollers from Spain.

