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Tipsarevic, Tommy Haas in Vienna quarters

Serbian Janko Tipsarevic hits a shot during his French Open mens first round match against American Sam Querrey at Roland Garros in Paris on May 29, 2012. Tipsarevic defeated Querrey 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-3. UPI/David Silpa
Serbian Janko Tipsarevic hits a shot during his French Open mens first round match against American Sam Querrey at Roland Garros in Paris on May 29, 2012. Tipsarevic defeated Querrey 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-3. UPI/David Silpa | License Photo

VIENNA, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Second-seed Jarko Tipsarevic and No. 3 Tommy Haas both cruised into the quarterfinals Thursday with easy wins at the Erste Bank Open in Vienna.

Tipsarevic vanquished wild card entry Ernests Gulbis 6-3, 6-4 and will meet Aliaz Bedene of Slovenia in a Friday quarterfinal match. Germany's Haas beat Canadian-born American Jesse Levin 6-4, 6-2 and and will play Grega Zemlja in the quarters on the indoor hardcourts at Wiener Stadthalle.

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Bedene downed American Donald Young 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (2-7), 6-3 Thursday to advance and Zemlja beat Australian Matthew Ebden 7-5, 6-4.

Marinko Matosevic took out wild card Austrian Dominic Thiem 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) in a second round match and Paoloa Lorenzi beat Canadian qualifier Vasek Pospisil 6-4, 6-4.

Juan Matin del Potro meets Matosevic and Gilles Muller of Luxembourg plays Lorenzi in other quarterfinal matches.

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