Tennis

Garcia-Lopez falls at Serbian Open

Published Apr. 28, 2011 6:20 p.m. ET

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Somdev Devvarman of India beat third-seeded Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 7-6 (6), 2-6, 7-6 (8) Thursday in the second round of the clay-court Serbia Open.

Garcia-Lopez struggled with his serve, double-faulting six times and being broken six times in the 3-hour, 14-minute match played in an occasional drizzle. Devvarman advanced to the quarterfinals when Garcia-Lopez netted an overhead smash.

Filippo Volandri of Italy also reached the quarterfinals by defeating Illya Marchenko of Ukraine 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.

Second-seeded Viktor Troicki of Serbia will face Marcel Granollers from Spain and No. 7 Janko Tipsarevic will play Mischa Zverev in other second-round matches Thursday.

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