Defending champion Marin Cilic eased into the quarterfinals of the Zagreb Indoors today at the expense of Austria's Daniel Koellerer.
Defending champion Marin Cilic eased into the quarterfinals of the Zagreb Indoors today at the expense of Austria's Daniel Koellerer.
The top-seeded Croatian, who reached the Australian Open semi-finals last week, ran out a 6-2 6-1 winner to set up a meeting with compatriot Ivo Karlovic.
Karlovic, the seventh seed, had a trickier time on court against French qualifier Alexandre Sidorenko before claiming a 7-6 (7/4) 7-6 (10/8) result in their second-round match.
Second seed Ivan Ljubicic saw his Zagreb challenge ended by Lukas Lacko, the Slovakian grinding out a 7-6 (7/3) 5-7 7-6 (7/5) win.
Number six seed Benjamin Becker also bowed out of the tournament, throwing away a one-set lead to succumb 1-6 7-6 (7/4) 7-6 (8/6) to German countryman Philipp Petzschner.
Michael Berrer of Germany advanced to the last eight with a straightforward 6-4 6-3 victory over local wild card Petar Jelenic.
Monfils battles on in SA OpenTop seed Gael Monfils avoided trouble on day four of the SA Tennis Open as straight-sets victories put them through to the quarter-finals. World number 13 Monfils, who is the number one seed for the Montecasino event this week, beat Josselin Ouanna 6-4 7-5 despite a determined display from his fellow Frenchman.
