Skip to main content
CNN.com International
The Web    CNN.com      Powered by
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ON TV
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
World Sport

Schuettler dumped out in Stuttgart


STUTTGART, Germany -- Top seed Rainer Schuettler has been knocked out of the Stuttgart Cup, going down 6-7 6-3 6-2 to Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic in the second round.

The former Australian Open finalist, who reached the quarter-final stage here last year, began the match strongly and won the first set 8-6 on a tiebreak.

But 18th-seeded Stepanek took control in the second set then broke the German's service twice in the third before sealing his victory with an ace.

Meanwhile, the other eight seeded players in action all won without dropping a single set.

Third seed Juan Ignacio Chela cruised past Jan Frode Andersen 6-3 6-1.

Also advancing were No. 5 Jiri Novak, No. 8 Mariano Zabaleta, No. 10 Mikhail Youzhny, No. 12 Albert Costa, No. 13 Ivo Karlovic, No. 14 Rafael Nadal and No. 16 Tomas Berdych.

Novak beat Thierry Ascione 6-2 6-4, Youzhny needed three match points to dispatch Sunday's Newport finalist Alexander Popp 6-3 7-6, Costa snapped a three-match losing streak against Felix Mantilla to win 7-5 6-4 and Nadal edged Martin Vassallo Arguello 7-6 6-4.

Zabaleta, who won the Swedish Open title Monday by beating Gaston Gaudio, ousted Marc Lopez of Spain 7-6 6-2, while Karlovic ended the hopes of Franco Squillari, the 2000 Stuttgart champion who had to qualify this year, winning 6-3 7-6.


Story Tools
Click Here to try 4 Free Trial Issues of Time! cover
Top Stories
Three share U.S. Open lead
Top Stories
EU 'crisis' after summit failure
 
 
 
 

CNN US
On CNN TV E-mail Services CNN Mobile CNN AvantGo CNNtext Ad info Preferences
SEARCH
   The Web    CNN.com     
Powered by
© 2005 Cable News Network LP, LLLP.
A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved.
Terms under which this service is provided to you.
Read our privacy guidelines. Contact us.
external link
All external sites will open in a new browser.
CNN.com does not endorse external sites.
 Premium content icon Denotes premium content.