Dusseldorf, Germany (SportsNetwork.com) - Top-seeded German favorite Philipp Kohlschreiber and reigning champion Juan Monaco were a pair of second- round winners Wednesday at the Dusseldorf Open.
Kohlschreiber routed Russian Teymuraz Gabashvili 6-3, 6-1, while the unseeded Argentine Monaco mauled second-seeded Spaniard Marcel Granollers 6-1, 6-2 at Rochusclub.
Monaco beat Finland's Jarkko Nieminen in last year's inaugural finale at this final French Open tune-up.
Third-seeded Italian Andreas Seppi joined the parade into the quarterfinals by bllizing Frenchman Adrian Mannarino 6-2, 6-1.
Also in the second round on Day 4, Austrian Jurgen Melzer took out fourth- seeded Portuguese Joao Sousa 7-6 (8-6), 4-6, 6-4; seventh-seeded 6-foot-10 Croat Ivo Karlovic beat Serbian qualifier Nikola Milojevic 6-4, 7-5; Czech Jiri Vesely downed former top-five star Nikolay Davydenko, of Russia, 6-1, 7-6 (7-5); Croat Mate Delic whipped German wild card Dustin Brown 6-3, 6-0; and Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin overcame Aussie qualifier Jason Kubler 3-6, 6-4, 6-2.
The first round concluded Wednesday when Kubler got past Italian qualifier Alessandro Giannessi 7-5, 3-6, 6-1 in a match that was suspended because of darkness on Tuesday.
Thursday's quarters will pit Kohlschreiber against the qualifier Delic; Seppi versus Istomin; Karlovic against Monaco; and Vesely versus Melzer.
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