Tennis

Mayer makes second round exit in Romania

Published Sep. 23, 2010 1:00 a.m. ET

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Second-seeded Florian Mayer of Germany was knocked out of the BCR Open Romania by Spanish qualifier Pablo Andujaron in an upset Thursday.

Andujar won 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 to line up a quarterfinal against Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay, who defeated Argentina's Carlos Berlocq 6-4, 6-0.

Third-seeded Potito Starace rallied to avoid a similar exit, beating Victor Crivoi of Romania 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4 in his second-round match. The Italian will now face Spain's Marcel Granollers, a 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 winner over Italy's Filippo Volandri.

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