Qualifier Cuevas upsets seed Seppi in Croatia Open 2nd round
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Uruguay qualifier Pablo Cuevas upset sixth-seeded Andreas Seppi 6-3, 6-1 to make the Croatia Open quarterfinals on Thursday.
Cuevas, held serve, played patiently from the baseline, and pushed Seppi into unforced errors.
Seppi failed to convert three break points while trailing 5-3 in the first set and never recovered. He won the first game of the second set, then lost the next six, winning only four points on Cuevas' serve.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Cuevas won his maiden ATP title in Bastad, Sweden, 10 days ago.
The last qualifier to reach the quarterfinals in Umag was Victor Troicki of Serbia in 2007.