Sam Groth stuns Feliciano Lopez to reach Stuttgart last eight
Australia`s Sam Groth pulled off a second-round shock at the Stuttgart grasstcourt tournament Wednesday by recovering from losing the first set to beat third-seed Feliciano Lopez in reaching the quarter-finals.
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Berlin: Australia`s Sam Groth pulled off a second-round shock at the Stuttgart grasstcourt tournament Wednesday by recovering from losing the first set to beat third-seed Feliciano Lopez in reaching the quarter-finals.
Groth has the chance to claim another scalp when he faces Serbia`s Viktor Troicki in the quarter-finals.
Eighth seed Troicki needed three sets and exactly two hours to also reach the last eight as he saw off 18-year-old German Alexander Zverev, the youngest player in the top 100, 6-3, 6-7 (6/8), 6-3.
Fourth seed Gael Monfils needed two tie-breakers to force his way into the quarter-finals with a over Austria`s Andreas Haider-Maurer.
France`s Monfils took nearly an hour and a half to seal his 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (7/5) win and will now face either Poland`s Jerzy Janowicz or home favourite Philipp Kohlschreiber for a semi-final place.
Top seed Rafael Nadal starts his campaign on Thursday with a second-round match against Marcos Baghdatis.