ZAGREB, Croatia, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Former champion Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia and unseeded countryman Mario Ancic won their quarterfinal matches at the PBZ Zagreb Indoors tennis tournament.
Ljubicic, last year's runner-up to Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis, was a 6-2 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 winner against Russian Teimuraz Gabashvili.
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Ancic beat Dutchman Robin Haase 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
Ukraine's Sergiy Stakhovsky knocked off eighth-seeded Serbian Janko Tipsarevic 3-6, 6-4, 6-2; and Italy's Simone Bolelli ousted Olivier Rochus of Belgium 7-6 (7-5) 6-4.
Friday's semifinals pit Ancic against Ljubicic and Stakhovsky against Bolelli.
The tournament's eventual champion collects a first-prize check of $59,100.
