ATP Hamburg - Almagro and Monaco move into quarter finals

Argentina's Juan Monaco is through to the quarter finals of the German Open in Hamburg for the first time in seven tries.

14th ranked Monaco beat Spaniard Daniel Munoz-De La Nava 7-6(4), 6-3 to set up a quarter final against France’s Jeremy Chardy, who was a 7-5, 6-4 winner over wild card Julian Reister.

Top seed Nicolas Almagro was a 6-4, 6-3 winner over 2009 champion and former world no. 3 Nikolay Davydenko of Russia.

He will next play sixth-seeded German Philipp Kohlschreiber. “It’s going to be a tough one, but now I have nothing to lose,” commented Kohlschreiber. “So far I’ve reached my best result here in Hamburg, and I’m very happy about it.”

Kohlschreiber defeated Fabio Fognini of Italy 7-5, 6-2.