seeded Mikhail Youzhny of Russia and two other seeded players tumbled out of the BMW Open in the second round Wednesday. Philipp Petzschner of Germany upset Youzhny 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-2 to avenge a semifinal loss to the Russian last year. Bulgarian teenager Grigor Dimitrov reached his first career quarterfinal when he rallied to beat fourth-seeded Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-2. Dimitrov, who is ranked No. 69 and will turn 20 next month, is the only teenager in the top 100. Baghdatis snapped a six-match losing streak with his first-round win in Munich, where he was a semifinalist in 2007 and last year. Potito Starace of Italy defeated sixth-seeded Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine 6-4, 6-2 on a day of rain delays. Starace will play Petzschner in the quarters. Soderling wins Robin Soderling won his first match of the season on clay Wednesday, beating Jeremy Chardy 6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-1 in the second round at the Estoril Open. The top-seeded Swede, who lost his opening clay match in Barcelona last week, is preparing for next month's French Open. He has twice reached the final at Roland Garros. Soderling faces a stern test in the quarterfinals where he will meet eighth-seeded Juan Martin del Potro, who beat him in straight sets in Miami. The Argentine advanced after overcoming Alejandro Falla 6-2, 6-1. Third-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga went out against Pablo Cuevas, the Uruguayan winning 6-2, 7-6 (0), while sixth-seeded Thomaz Bellucci eliminated Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-3, 5-7, 7-5. Soderling overpowered his opponent in the first set, winning four straight games after twice breaking Chardy and twice not conceding a point on his own serve. Both players were plagued by unforced errors in the second set and broke each other three times. A dispute with the umpire over a call in the second game of the decider appeared to unsettle Chardy, allowing Soderling to rack up 13 straight points. In the women's tournament, the top three seeded players – Alisa Kleybanova, Jarmila Gajdosova and Klara Zakopalova – all advanced to the quarterfinals. Djokovic wins on clay Novak Djokovic cruised to his 25th consecutive win this season by beating Romanian qualifier Adrian Ungur 6-2, 6-3 in his clay court opener in the second round of the Serbia Open Wednesday. The No. 2-ranked Serb is off to the best start to a season since Ivan Lendl swept his first 25 matches in 1986. He has won 61 of 67 sets and four tournament titles on three continents, including the Australian Open, to take the No. 2 ranking from Roger Federer – the last player to beat him. Earlier Wednesday, Spanish duo Albert Montanes and Feliciano Lopez both advanced to the quarterfinals of the tournament managed by Djokovic's family. The fourth-seeded Montanes rallied to beat Michael Berrer of Germany 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, and Lopez defeated wild card Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 6-4, 7-6 (4). Montanes won seven straight games starting at 2-2 in the second set, taking a 3-0 lead in the decider before cruising to victory. Lopez broke for a a 2-1 lead in the second set with a forehand winner after chasing down a drop shot by Gonzalez. The Chilean, who was playing his first tournament since returning from an eight-month injury layoff because of hip surgery, broke back immediately but couldn't stop Lopez from converting his third match point in the tiebreaker. Earlier, Blaz Kavcic of Slovenia also advanced by beating Ricardo Mello from Brazil 7-5, 6-3 during another wind-swept day of the Serbia Open. Kavcic is to play Djokovic in the quarterfinals.
