BELGRADE, Serbia: Novak Djokovic beat Blaz Kavcic of Slovenia 6-3, 6-2 in the quarterfinals of the Serbia Open Friday for his 26th consecutive victory in 2011. With the win, Djokovic registered the best start to an ATP tour season since Ivan Lendl in 1986. Djokovic next faces Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic, who edged Somdev Devvarman of India 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Feliciano Lopez upset fourth-seeded fellow Spaniard Albert Montanes 6-4, 6-4 Friday to reach the semifinals. In the last four Lopez will play Filippo Volandri, after the Italian defeated Spain's Marcel Granollers, 6-2, 6-4. Davydenko downs Cilic In Munich, Nikolay Davydenko defeated last year's runner-up Marin Cilic of Croatia 7-5, 6-3 Friday to reach the semifinals of the BMW Open. Davydenko will next play Radomir Stepanek of the Czech Republic, who beat 2007 Munich champion Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany, 6-4, 6-0. Philipp Petzschner of Germany edged Potito Starace of Italy 7-6 (3), 7-6 (6) to set up a semifinal against another German, fifth-seeded Florian Mayer, who overcame Bulgarian teenager Gregori Dimitrov 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-4. The 69th-ranked Dimitrov turns 20 next month and is the only teenager in the top 100. It was his first quarterfinal appearance on the tour. Del Potro beats Soderling Juan Martin del Potro beat top-seeded Robin Soderling 6-4, 7-5 Friday to clinch a place in the Estoril Open semifinals. The former US Open champion will meet Pablo Cuevas in Saturday's final four on outdoor clay. The Uruguayan defeated sixth-seeded Brazilian Thomaz Belluci 6-4, 6-2. Rain forced the suspension of the other men's quarterfinals — between fourth-seeded Gilles Simon and fifth-seeded Milos Raonic, and No. 2 Fernando Verdasco against No. 7 Kevin Anderson — which are to be completed Saturday morning before the semifinals. Germany's Kristina Barrois and Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain, both unseeded, will meet in Saturday's women's final. Vinci-Hradecka final In Barcelona, Italy's Roberta Vinci will play Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic in her third consecutive Barcelona Open final after outlasting Laura Pous-Tio 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4) Friday. Hradecka upset Sara Errani of Italy 6-1, 7-5 in their semifinal as the 25-year-old Prague native struck 10 aces to oust the highest-seeded player left in the event. Pous-Tio had already played more than two sets earlier in the day to beat Polona Hercog 6-7 (7), 6-1, 7-5 after their quarterfinal match was suspended Thursday in the first set because of rain.
