Earlier, fifth-seeded German Florian Mayer also advanced by overcoming Radek Stepanek from the Czech Republic 7-6 (3), 6-3. Third-seeded Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain made it to the last eight by beating Lukas Lacko of Slovakia 6-1, 6-2, 6-2.
In first-round matches, Ukraine's Illya Marchenko defeated Serbian qualifier Dusan Lajovic 7-5, 6-2 and France's Arnaud Clement defeated Kazakhstan's Mikhail Kukushkin 6-4, 6-3.
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