Top seeds tubmle in Munich

Top seeds tubmle in Munich

Posted by Sylvester on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 0

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Many of the top seeded players were knocked-out at the BMW Open by FWU AG in Munich on Tuesday.

Many of the top seeded players were knocked-out at the BMW Open by FWU AG in Munich on Tuesday.

Denis Istomin accounted for two-time former champion Philipp Kohlschreiber

Istomin saved 11 of 14 break points in a 7-5 2-6 6-4 victory in just over two hours.

In another surprise result Jan-Lennard Struff defeated sixth seed Feliciano Lopez, a player ranked 66 spots ahead of him at No. 30, 6-3 6-4.

Then qualifier Thomaz Bellucci beat eighth seed Ivan Dodig 7-6(0) 6-4.

A third qualifier, Martin Klizan, cruised past Dudi Sela 6-1 6-2 and will next play third seed Mikhail Youzhny in the second round.

Italian Andreas Seppi was the only seeded player to make his way safely through the first round Tuesday, defeating German lucky loser Michael Berrer, 6-3 7-5.

Berrer had taken Jiri Vesely's place in the draw after the Czech withdrew with a left achilles injury.

The seventh-seeded Seppi goes on to face Spaniard Albert Ramos, who completed a perfect Tuesday for qualifiers as he defeated former World No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt 6-7(6), 6-1, 6-0.Hewitt had reached the quarter-finals on his one previous Munich appearance in 2009