24 July,2009 08:42 AM IST | | PA Sport
Third seed Robin Soderling's recent good run came to an end at the International Open in Hamburg when he was beaten 7-5, 6-3 by 14th seeded Spaniard Nicolas Almagro yesterday.
Almagro's reward for beating the French Open finalist who was also a winner in Bastad last week will be a quarter-final against surprise package Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay, a 6-4, 7-6 (7) winner over Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber.
Second seed Nikolay Davydenko served impressively to beat last week's Mercedes Cup champion Jeremy Chardy 6-3, 6-3. He next faces Victor Hanescu, who saved 11 break points en route to a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 win over Julien Benneteau.
German wild card Daniel Brands' splendid run came to an end when he went down 7-5, 7-5 to another Frenchman, Paul-Henri Mathieu.
