Ferrero, Ramos, Berlocq reach Croatia quarters

UMAG, Croatia - Defending champion Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain defeated third-seeded Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Croatia Open. Ferrero rallied from one set down and saved a break point at 3-3 in the second to change the course of the match and beat Ljubicic 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. "I tried not to make mistakes after the first set," he said. "I gave him too many easy points in the first set. ... It worked much better as match went on." Story continues below ↓ advertisement | your ad here Ljubicic, playing for the first time in a month, impressed during the first set but could not keep up the pace and served poorly, with only 36 percent of his first serves in. "My serve was beyond any acceptable statistic levels," he complained. "It was tough to keep concentration for two hours after such a long break." Ferrero will next play Carlos Berlocq of Argentina, who advanced after fifth-seeded Tommy Robredo of Spain withdrew because of a left calf injury. Also Wednesday, Albert Ramos of Spain defeated Gianluca Naso of Italy 6-1, 6-3, and second-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine beat Filippo Volandri of Italy 6-1, 6-2.