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HALLE, Germany, June 10 (UPI) -- Second-seeded Nikolay Davydenko was ousted Thursday in second-round action of the Gerry Weber Open, a grass-court tournament in Germany.
Germany's Benjamin Becker had the only two service breaks of the match in topping Davydenko 6-3, 6-4. Davydenko was playing in his first tournament since March due to a wrist injury.
Becker won only 17 points on Davydenko's serve but grouped enough winners to post a break in each set.
Top-seeded Roger Federer ran his Gerry Weber winning streak to 27 matches with a 6-1, 6-2 romp over Alejandro Falla. Federer lost nine points in eight service games, with most of those coming when Falla managed two break-point chances, although he wasn't able to convert either.
Mischa Zverev took a pair of tie-breakers in upsetting No. 6-seeded Jurgen Melzer 3-6, 7-6 (7-2); 7-6 (7-3); and Philipp Kohlschreiber stopped Marco Chiudinelli in Thursday's other matches.
Friday's quarterfinals will have Federer meeting Kohlschreiber, Zverev playing Becker, eighth-seeded Lleyton Hewitt facing Andreas Beck and Lukas Lacko going against Philipp Petzschner.
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Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova, the world's top two ranked women's tennis players, picked up wins Friday at the French Open.
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