HAMBURG, Germany, July 23 (UPI) -- French Open runner-up Robin Soderling lost in straight sets to 14th-seeded Nicolas Almagro Thursday in the third round of the German Open tennis tournament.
The 7-5, 6-3 setback dropped the Swede's overall record this season to 26-13 and followed his title at last week's Swedish Open.
Second-seeded Nikolay Davydenko beat Frenchman Jeremy Chardy 6-3 6-3; No. 6 David Ferrer beat Juan Monaco 4-6 7-5 6-2; unseeded Pablo Cuevas topped No. 8 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4, 7-6 (10-8); 10th-seeded Viktor Troicki downed Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-7 (2-7), 6-4, 7-6 (8-6). Also, 11th-seeded Victor Hanescu beat Julien Benneteau 3-6, 6-3, 6-3; No. 13 Paul-Henri Mathieu topped Daniel Brands, 7-5, 7-5; and Simon Greul beat Ivan Navarro 7-5, 7-6 (9-7).
Friday's quarterfinal matchups are Davydenko-Hanescu; Almagro-Cuevas; Mathieu-Troicki and Gruel-Ferrer.
