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MUNICH, Germany, May 6 (UPI) -- Second-seeded Marin Cilic led Wednesday's winners at the BMW Open in Munich with a 6-0, 6-4 pasting of German favorite Philipp Kohlschreiber.
The 20-year-old Cilic, No. 15 in the latest men's world rankings, improved his match record to a 23-6 this season in just in 77 minutes without his serve being broken in a dominant first set.
In one quarterfinal on Friday, the Croatian faces seventh-seeded Paul-Henri Mathieu of France, a 6-1, 6-4 winner over Germany's Denis Gremelmayr.
Elsewhere Wednesday, Russia's Mikhail Youzhny, the 2007 BMW runnerup, beat third-seeded Nicolas Almagro of Spain, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4; and Frenchman Jeremy Chardy downed sixth-seeded Nicolas Kiefer of Germany, 6-4, 7-6 (10-8).
In the second round Thursday, Simone Bolelli faces fellow Italian Potito Starace and former world No. 1 star Lleyton Hewitt of Australia meets Dutchman Thiemo De Bakker.
The eventual tournament champion will pocket a $95,000 winner's check.
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DALLAS, Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Remaining members of the Mountain West Conference and Conference USA will merge to form a new superconference, college sports officials said Monday.
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Actor Matt Bomer, star of the U.S. television series "White Collar," confirmed during the weekend he is gay and has a longtime partner.
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PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 13 (UPI) --
A European space mission has seen previously undiscovered islands of star formation and mysterious microwave emissions in our Milky Way galaxy, astronomers say.
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VESPER, Wis., Feb. 13 (UPI) --
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said it will not disturb a black bear that picked a drain tunnel to hibernate.
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