Saturday, May 18th, 2013
Bautista-Agut knocks out top-seeded Tomas Berdych in Chennai Open quarterfinals
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHENNAI, India — Roberto Bautista-Agut of Spain upset top-seeded Tomas Berdych 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 Friday in the quarterfinals of the Chennai Open, and two other favourites were also eliminated.
Third-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia lost 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 to Benoit Paire of France while fourth-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland was beaten 6-2, 7-6 (6) to unseeded Slovakian player Aljaz Bedene.
Second-seeded Janko Tipsarevic was the only survivor from among the top four as he beat No. 8 Go Soeda of Japan 6-2, 6-4.
In the semifinals, Bautista-Agut will play Paire while Tipsarevic will take on Bedene.
14:55ET 04-01-13
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