Calleri advances at Mercedes Cup

STUTTGART, Germany - Sixth-seeded Agustin Calleri beat Jurgen Melzer of Austria 7-6 (3), 6-4 to advance to the second round of the rain-plagued Mercedes Cup on Tuesday. Calleri was making his first appearance in Stuttgart since 1999, and will play fellow South American Pablo Cuevas next to try and reach his seventh quarter-finals of the season. Fellow Argentine, No. 8-seeded Eduardo Schwank rallied back from a first-set blanking to beat 2003 champion and countryman Guillermo Coria 0-6, 6-1, 6-2. In a battle of qualifiers, Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic beat Martin Fischer of Austria 6-2, 6-4. Qualifier Yuri Schukin of Kazakhstan rallied to defeat Carlos Berlocq of Argentina 4-6, 7-5, 6-3. The 188th-ranked Rosol next faces second-seeded Richard Gasquet of France, the tournament favourite following the withdrawal of... [read full story]