Top-seeded Puerta loses in Bucharest

BUCHAREST, Romania, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Argentine Mariano Puerta was upset Friday in the Romania Open quarterfinals by last year's runner-up Igor Andreev.

The unseeded Andreev, who lost in last year's finals to Argentine Jose Acasuso, beat Puerta 4-6, 6-1, 6-1. Puerta, the world No. 10, was the French Open runner-up.

Next, Russian Andreev will meet Bucharest native Victor Hanescu, who beat Spaniard Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo 6-4. 6-4.

Saturday's other semifinal will pit Romanian favorite Andrei Pavel against Frenchman Florent Serra. Pavel defeated German Florian Mayer 7-5, 7-6 (7-4), while Serra beat Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-3, 6-1 in quarterfinals play.