Ana Ivanovic became the second high-profile player to tumble out of the Kremlin Cup in two days after losing to Dominika Cibulkova 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 on Wednesday. The Serbian fourth seed followed Wimbledon champion and sixth seed Venus Williams, who was ousted by Italy's Flavia Pennetta in the first round on Tuesday. Second seed Dinara Safina avoided the exit after outlasting former world number one Amelie Mauresmo 6-7, 6-4, 6-4 in the last match on centre court which finished near midnight. Elena Dementieva outlasted Slovenian qualifier Katarina Srebotnik 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 to reach the quarter-finals. Fifth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova also reached the last eight, the Russian eliminating Italian Sara Errani 7-6, 6-1, but compatriot Anna Chakvetadze, seeded eighth, disappointed home fans. She lost to Danish teenager Caroline Wozniacki 2-6, 6-1, 6-4. Men's third seed Mikhail Youzhny was also shown the door, going down to fellow Russian Teimuraz Gabashvili 7-5, 4-6, 7-6. Second-seeded Russian Igor Andreev, who won here in 2005, also bowed out, losing to Frenchman Jeremy Chardy 3-6, 7-5, 6-4. Russia lost another seed when fifth-seeded Dmitry Tursunov withdrew from his first-round match without hitting a ball with a shoulder injury. Fourth seed and 2002 winner Paul-Henri Mathieu of France had little problem dispatching Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-3, 6-2. Bjorkman makes history For once, doubles took center stage at the Stockholm Open. Jonas Bjorkman played his 1,000th career ATP doubles match on Wednesday, teaming with Kevin Ullyett of Zimbabwe to beat Americans Scott Lipsky and David Martin 6-2, 7-5 in the quarterfinals. In singles, third-seeded Jarkko Nieminen rallied from a set down to beat Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-5 in the first round. Rainer Schuettler of Germany and Oscar Hernandez of Spain reached the quarterfinals in different fashion. Schuettler beat Nicolas Lapentti of Ecuador 7-6 (6), 6-3, and Hernandez rallied to knock out Jose Acasuso of Argentina 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. In other first-round matches, George Bastl of Switzerland outlasted fellow qualifier Frederik Nielsen of Denmark 7-6 (6), 3-6, 7-6 (4), Arnaud Clement of France routed Swedish qualifier Bjorn Rehnquist 6-2, 6-1; No. 7-seeded Albert Montanes of Spain ousted Thomas Johansson of Sweden 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 and No. 4 Robin Soderling of Sweden beat Benjamin Becker of Germany, 7-5, 6-3. Gonzalez prevails Fernando Gonzalez saved five match points before beating Ernests Gulbis of Latvia 4-6, 7-6 (11), 6-1 Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the BA Tennis Trophy. Fifth-seeded Fernando Verdasco of Spain and German qualifier Philipp Petzschner also reached the quarterfinals. Verdasco, who is ranked 13th, beat Guillermo Canas of Argentina 6-1, 6-2. Petzschner, who eliminated top-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka on Tuesday, defeated Jan Hernych of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-4. In first-round play, Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina defeated Martin Fischer of Austria 7-6 (7), 7-6 (5). The 219th-ranked Fischer missed a set point in the first-set tiebreaker and went a break up in the second, but the third-ranked Del Potro came back and converted his third match point. Del Potro next plays Philipp Kohlschreiber for a place in the quarterfinals.
