Stuttgart, Germany - Top seeds Fabio Fognini and Mikhail Youzhny were a pair of second-round winners Thursday at the Mercedes Cu

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Stuttgart, Germany - Top seeds Fabio Fognini and Mikhail Youzhny were a pair of second-round winners Thursday at the Mercedes Cup tennis event. Goran Dragic Heat Jersey . The top-seeded reigning champion Fognini got past Kazakhstans Andrey Golubev 6-4, 6-4, while the second-seeded 2002 Stuttgart titlist Youzhny, of Russia, whipped Argentine Leonardo Mayer 6-1, 6-1 at Tennis Club Weissenhof. The Italian Fognini defeated German favorite Philipp Kohlschreiber in last years finale at this clay court tournament. A fifth-seeded Kohlschreiber finally played his first-round match on Thursday and defeated fellow German Jan-Lennard Struff, 6-4, 6-3. Rain prevented Kohlschreiber from playing here on Tuesday and Wednesday. Unfortunately for Kohlschreiber, he had to play two matches on Thursday and lost the second one, 7-5, 7-6 (7-5), to Czech slugger Lukas Rosol in the round of 16. Third-seeded Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut reached the quarterfinals by outlasting Irish lucky loser Louk Sorensen 6-3, 1-6, 6-1, while fourth-seeded Feliciano Lopez moved into the round of eight by overcoming fellow Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-7 (3-7), 6-2, 6-3. In some other second-round action on Day 4, sixth-seeded Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez held off Swiss qualifier Yann Marti 7-6 (15-13), 7-5, seventh- seeded Colombian Santiago Giraldo edged out Russian qualifier Philip Davydenko 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, and eighth-seeded Argentine Federico Delbonis overcame German Benjamin Becker 6-7 (6-, 6-4, 6-4. Fridays quarterfinals will pit Fognini against Giraldo; Youzhny versus Delbonis; Bautista Agut against his fellow Spaniard Garcia-Lopez; and Lopez versus Rosol. The 2014 Stuttgart champion will earn $105,000. Alonzo Mourning Jersey . "Its not done, but its a huge step," Hannover general manager Dirk Dufner said. 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He expended much less time and energy than he had in his 5-set, third-round match that lasted over four hours.On-court interviewer Jim Courier asked Nadal if he had done anything special to recover between the two rounds.Sleep? Nadal replied, prompting Courier to ask if he normally doesnt sleep between matches.Seriously, I dont like to sleep a lot. I feel that when I am sleeping that I am losing time, Nadal said.Ahead of the tournament, the 28-year-old Spaniard insisted he was not match fit in the wake of a right wrist injury and appendix surgery that sidelined him for much of the last half of 2014.Courier tried to get Nadal to quantify how he feels, asking him on a scale of 0 to 100 per cent how does he feel physically? Courier, who won four Grand Slams before retiring, waited as Nadal gave a long response that didnt answer the questions. He pressed him again.I want a number, Courier said.The crowd laughed, and Nadal did, too.I was never very good at mathematics, Nadal said.By Jocelyn Gecker -- http://twitter.com/jgecker___LAUGH IT OFF: When youre getting trounced by Rafael Nadal and you cant even get a call to go your way, sometimes you just need to laugh at the situation.Dudi Sela was trailing 6-1, 4-0 in his third-round match against Nadal at Rod Laver Arena when he hit a beautiful running forehand passing shot that appeared to clip the line. Nadal challenged the call, however, and the video review showed it was out.Stunned, Sela smiled and held up his arms in disbelief. He then appealed to Nadals generosity and held up a finger as if to say, Cmon just give me one?Nadal smiled and the crowd began to laugh. The point, however, went to the Spaniard.For the crowd, they paid money and I dont want them to go after 45 minutes, so I tried to do something, Sela said. 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Thats a little tricky, Sharapova said. Yeah, I look forward to a good match-up.By Jocelyn Gecker -- http://twitter.com/jgecker___BATTLING THE GREEKS: Was it a third-round mens singles match at the Australian Open or a football match between Greece and Bulgaria?With the amount of noise coming from Court 3, where Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov played Greek-Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis, it was hard to tell.Baghdatis, the 2006 Australian Open finalist, has long drawn vocal support from Melbournes large Greek community over the years, and his fans were out in force Friday, chanting, serenading and clapping vigorously for him.Dimitrovs fans, clad in the green, white and red colours of Bulgarias flag, were drowned out at times, but their man didnt need as much help. No. 10-seeded Dimitrov rallied from a set down to beat an inspired Baghdatis 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.Marcos has always been a favourite guy out here, Dimitrov said. I like it when the atmosphere is like that. Actually fills me up with positive thoughts. At the same time, its nice to prove (the crowd) wrong.By Justin Bergman -- https://twitter.com/justinb3rg___Australian Open Scene follows tennis Grand Slam tournament in Melbourne as seen by journalists from The Associated Press. It is updated throughout the day. Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys Jerseys From China Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys ' ' '