By Tennis Now | Thursday, May 3, 2018

 

Three-time champion Philipp Kolschreiber dismissed Mischa Zverev, 6-2, 6-2, joining three other Germans in the Munich quarterfinals.

Photo credit: BMW Open by FWU

The Munich quarterfinals come with a German flavor.

In an all-German clash, Philipp Kohlschreiber dismissed Mischa Zverev, 6-2, 6-2, cruising into the BMW Open quarterfinals.

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The sixth-seeded Kohlschreiber broke serve four times and won 16 of 25 points played on the left-hander's second serve in a 67-minute conquest.

Three-time Munich champion Kohlschreiber raised his tournament record to 31-10, joining top-seeded Alexander Zverev, Jan-Lennard Struff and Maximilian Marterer as one of four Germans into the last eight.



The left-handed Marterer pulled off the biggest upset of the day toppling third-seeded Diego Schwartzman, 6-4, 6-2.

Marterer denied all 10 break points he faced in an 89-minute victory that propelled him into a quarterfinal meeting with Marton Fucsovics, a 7-6 (5), 6-1, victor over Marco Cecchinato.

The 34-year-old Kolschreiber will take on Roberto Bautista Agut for a trip to his sixth Munich semifinal.

The second-seeded Spaniard won 31 of 35 first-serve points carving up wild card Casper Ruud, 6-4, 6-3, in 76 minutes.

Bautista Agut is bidding for his third title of the season following hard-court triumps in Auckland and Dubai.

The 14th-ranked Bautista Agut has won two of three meetings with Kohlschreiber.