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Tomas Berdych, Nicolas Almagro knocked out of Swedish Open
Unseeded Thiemo De Bakker of the Netherlands beat top-seeded Berdych 7-5, 7-5, while second-seeded Almagro was defeated by Spanish compatriot Fernando Verdasco 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.
- Associated Press
- Updated: July 13, 2013 10:00 AM IST
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Bastad, Sweden:
Top seeds Tomas Berdych and Nicolas Almagro were knocked out in the Swedish Open quarter-finals on Friday.
Unseeded Thiemo De Bakker of the Netherlands beat top-seeded Berdych 7-5, 7-5, while second-seeded Almagro was defeated by Spanish compatriot Fernando Verdasco 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.
Berdych and Almagro were playing their second matches of the clay-court tournament after receiving first-round byes.
In the third quarterfinal upset, fifth-seeded Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria defeated third-seeded Juan Monaco of Argentina 6-3, 6-2.
Carlos Berlocq of Argentina beat Albert Ramos of Spain 6-3, 6-4 to set up a semifinal against De Bakker.
Verdasco will face Dimitrov in Saturday's other semi.
Topics mentioned in this article
Tennis Fernando Verdasco Andy Roddick Radek Stepanek Tomas Berdych Nicolas Almagro Stanislas Wawrinka Sweden Roger Federer Jeremy Chardy Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Novak Djokovic Kevin Anderson Guillaume Rufin Milos Raonic
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