Kuala Lumpur: Somdev Devvraman crashed out of the the USD 850,00 ATP Malaysian Open after losing to Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus in straight sets in the second round of the men's singles event on Wednesday.
The 89th-ranked Indian gave Baghdatis, world number 60, a good fight before going down 5-7, 4-6 in one hour and 46 minutes.
It was the pair's third meeting this season after BNP Paribas Open and Legg Mason Tennis Classic.
In the opening set, Somdev posed a tough challenge but Baghdatis used all his experience to save as many as seven break-points and take a set lead.
However, in the next set the Cypriot hardly spared an inch to the Indian as he broke Somdev once, which was enough for him to pocket the match and earn a place in the last-eight.
Baghdatis, a former top 10 player, will next face Juergen Melzer of Austria in the quarter-finals.
Melzer advanced by beating Rik de Voest of South Africa 6-0, 6-4.
The fourth-seeded Austrian, who had a bye in the first round, broke De Voest's serve four times at Putra Stadium.
"The first set was one of the best sets I've played all year," Melzer said.
Earlier, Flavio Cipolla of Italy defeated Australian teenager Bernard Tomic 6-2, 6-2, and Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan beat Marinko Matosevic of Australia 6-3, 6-2.
The 96th-ranked Cipolla saved five of six break-points to beat the Wimbledon quarter-finalist.
The 18-year-old Tomic became the youngest player since 1986 to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals this year.
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