<p>The sixth Indian beat the South African Davis Cupper 6-4, 6-2 in the quarterfinal of the hard court event on Friday.<br /><br />This is Somdev’s second best performance of the year after making the final of the Chennai Open. Somdev was struggling on the circuit since that memorable feat.<br /><br />He will next take on Australia’s seventh seed Chris Guccione, who ousted third seed American Wayne Odesink 7-6 (7-5), 2-6, 7-6 (7-2) in his last-eight encounter.<br /><br />In the doubles event, Harsh Mankad and his American partner David Martin have also reached the semifinals after beating Alex Bogomolov Jr and Samuel Groth in the second round.<br /><br />The second-seeded Indo-American pair scored an easy 6-3, 6-2 win over the American-Australian combo.<br /><br />They will next take on third seed Australians Guccione and Carsten Bell who beat Merwe and Nick Lindahl of Australia 6-3, 6-4 in their second round. <br /><br />Hanescu in final<br /><br />Romanian Victor Hanescu ended Fabio Fognini's dream run in Stuttgart, beating the gutsy Italian 6-3, 6-7, 6-2 to reach his first final in a year. <br /><br />World number 33 Hanescu will play the winner of the other semifinal between Germany's Nicolas Kiefer and Frenchman Jeremy Chardy.<br /><br />Kiefer crushed Polish qualifier Lukasz Kubot 6-2, 6-1 for his first semifinal of the year while Chardy ousted another German, Mischa Zverev, 7-6, 6-1. .</p>
<p>The sixth Indian beat the South African Davis Cupper 6-4, 6-2 in the quarterfinal of the hard court event on Friday.<br /><br />This is Somdev’s second best performance of the year after making the final of the Chennai Open. Somdev was struggling on the circuit since that memorable feat.<br /><br />He will next take on Australia’s seventh seed Chris Guccione, who ousted third seed American Wayne Odesink 7-6 (7-5), 2-6, 7-6 (7-2) in his last-eight encounter.<br /><br />In the doubles event, Harsh Mankad and his American partner David Martin have also reached the semifinals after beating Alex Bogomolov Jr and Samuel Groth in the second round.<br /><br />The second-seeded Indo-American pair scored an easy 6-3, 6-2 win over the American-Australian combo.<br /><br />They will next take on third seed Australians Guccione and Carsten Bell who beat Merwe and Nick Lindahl of Australia 6-3, 6-4 in their second round. <br /><br />Hanescu in final<br /><br />Romanian Victor Hanescu ended Fabio Fognini's dream run in Stuttgart, beating the gutsy Italian 6-3, 6-7, 6-2 to reach his first final in a year. <br /><br />World number 33 Hanescu will play the winner of the other semifinal between Germany's Nicolas Kiefer and Frenchman Jeremy Chardy.<br /><br />Kiefer crushed Polish qualifier Lukasz Kubot 6-2, 6-1 for his first semifinal of the year while Chardy ousted another German, Mischa Zverev, 7-6, 6-1. .</p>
