Tennis

Malisse downs Mayer in Bucharest

Published Apr. 25, 2012 1:00 a.m. ET

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Defending champion Florian Mayer of Germany was ousted by Xavier Malisse of Belgium 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 in the second round of the Nastase Tiriac Trophy in Bucharest on Wednesday.

Malisse advanced to his first quarterfinals of the season.

''I played well,'' he said. ''I'm very happy to win at the end. It feels good.''

Two other unseeded players, both of them qualifiers, also reached the quarterfinals. Hungary's Attila Balazs defeated Italy's Potito Starace 6-3, 6-4, and Germany's Daniel Brands downed Estonia's Jurgen Zopp 7-6 (3), 6-3.

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