STUTTGART, Germany, July 17 (UPI) -- Italy's Fabio Fognini knocked off second-seeded Nikolay Davydenko 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 in a rain-plagued quarterfinal Friday at the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart, Germany.
The 22-year-old Fognini, the 67th-ranked men's player in the world, last reached a semifinal in July 2008 at the Croatia Open in Umag and secured his match Friday by winning three of the last four games, including Davydenko's double fault following a rain delay.
He has never won a tournament, but has won about $560,000.
In Friday's other quarterfinals, fourth-seeded Victor Hanescu of Romania beat unseeded Alexandre Sidorenko of France 7-6 (7-2), 6-4, while two matches -- Mischa Zverev-Jeremy Chardy and Nicolas Kiefer-Lukasz Kubot -- were postponed by rain until Saturday.
