Zee Germans Wreck Havoc On Seeds In Halle

The Germans are playing on their home soil in Halle, Germany. To the delight of the hometown fans, the Germans won every match they played in today. There are currently seven Germans still active in the draw.

Wildcard Mischa Zverev saved two match points before rallying to upset fifth-seed Tomas Berdych. Philipp Kohlschreiber took out sixth-seed Dmitry Tursunov. Another wildcard, Benjamin Becker upset countryman and eighth-seed Rainer Schuettler.

The biggest upset of the day was the Tommy Haas victory over fourth-seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. He triumphed over the Frenchman 6-3 7-6(3) after 79 minutes of play. The current ATP world no. 41 has struggled with injuries, and his ranking dropped to no. 87 last March. Over the last month, he is looking like he has recovered and is back in shape. Last week, Haas made it to the round of 16 at Roland Garros, where he eventually lost to Roger Federer.

Haas now advances to the quarterfinals to play fellow German Mischa Zverev. The two players have never met in ATP competition.

On the doubles side, Nicolas Kiefer and Mischa Zverev defeated Novak Djokovic and Viktor Troicki in dominate fashion 6-1 6-1. They head to the semifinals and await the winner of the Gicquel/Tsonga-Beck/Chiudinelli match.

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