Cerovic upsets Mazur

Bangalore, January 25: Ivan Cerovic of Croatia ousted eighth seed Dmitri Mazur Uzbekistan 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 and entered the singles semi-final of the ITF Futures Tennis championship here today. The Croat won the first set easily but lost the second, after encountering stiff resistance from Mazur.

The final set witnessed an absorbing battle between cerovic and Mazur with each winning three games. Cerovic, however, returned to form and managed to win to set up a semi-final encounter with sixth seed Juran Hasko Svk.

Hasko fought back after being down by a set, to defeat James Auckland GB 4-6, 7-6 7-3, 6-3, in another quarterfinal. Second seeded Martin Spottl of Austria, after some anxious moments, managed to quell Kokurin Anton Uzb 6-3 7-6 9-7.