STUTTGART — German wild card Michael Berrer ousted 2009 champion Jeremy Chardy of France 6-2, 6-7 (1), 6-3 to reach the Mercedes Cup quarterfinals Wednesday. The 153rd-ranked Berrer saved all four break points he faced against the third-seeded Chardy. Berrer will next face Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain, who rallied to beat the eighth-seeded Martin Klizan of Slovakia 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-4. Second-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber beat qualifier and German compatriot Nils Langer 7-5, 6-2. Another German, sixth-seeded Florian Mayer, was eliminated by Gael Monfils of France 6-3, 6-0. Monfils will next play Kohlschreiber. Kohlschreiber had won just four matches in his seven previous visits to Stuttgart. Ramos ousts Robredo Two-time former champion Tommy Robredo was ousted from the Swedish Open by Spanish compatriot Albert Ramos in straight sets Wednesday. Fourth-seeded Robredo couldn't even reach a break point against Ramos, who won 6-3, 6-4 to reach the quarterfinals. Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov rallied to beat Italy's Filippo Volandri 2-6, 6-1, 6-4. Dimitrov also recovered from a set down in his first-round win against Sweden's Elias Ymer. Argentines Juan Monaco and Carlos Berlocq earned slots in the quarterfinals after beating Henri Laaksonen and Blaz Kavcic, respectively. Querrey upset For Tim Smyczek, beating one of his country's top players and upsetting the tournament's No. 1 seed meant a lot. He defeated fellow American Sam Querrey in the opening round of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships 6-4, 7-6 (8) on Tuesday on Newport's grass courts. “I think it's the first time I've ever beaten a No. 1 seed at a tournament. It's definitely a big deal for me,” Smyczek said. “It was pretty neat to play Sam, who's been one of the top Americans for a long time, somebody I've just tried to catch up to.” Querrey, a 2009 Newport finalist ranked 21st in the world, was broken in the seventh game by the 120th-ranked Smyczek. “I couldn't really find a flow out there. I was a little off the whole time,” Querrey said. In the tiebreaker, Querrey saved match point twice — both with aces — but hit a backhand return into the net on the final point. It was the second match this year between the two. Querrey won in straight sets at Indian Wells in March. Querrey seemed frustrated with his game from the start, at one point uttering “ridiculous” to himself after hitting a forehand shot wide in the eighth game in humid conditions, with breaks of sun peeking through mostly cloudy skies. In the tiebreaker, Smyczek jumped ahead 3-1 before Querrey battled back, grabbing a 5-4 lead. Trailing 6-5, Querrey had the first of his two match-saving aces. Querrey had 16 aces to Smyczek's two. Fourth-seeded Lleyton Hewitt, a runner-up in Newport last year, beat fellow Australian Matthew Ebden 6-4, 6-1. No. 3-seeded Igor Sijsling of the Netherlands beat Italy's Matteo Viola 6-4, 6-1; Ivo Karlovic of Croatia defeated fifth-seeded Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France 7-6 (5), 6-4; Canadian Vasek Pospisil beat American Denis Kudla 1-6, 6-3, 6-3; and wild card Prakash Amritraj of India beat Italy's Flavio Cipolla 6-2, 6-3. Jan Hernych of the Czech Republic won a match of qualifiers, defeating Ante Pavic of Croatia 7-6 (6), 6-3. Eighth-seeded American Rajeev Ram beat Adrien Bossel of Switzerland 6-2, 6-2, and American Jack Sock advanced when No. 6-seeded Marinko Matosevic of Australia retired because of food poisoning after losing the first set 6-2. — Agencies
