MUNICH (AP)—His opening match delayed 24 hours by rain, top-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia showed no distraction as he handled Michael Berrer of Germany 6-4, 6-2 at the BMW Open on Wednesday.
Cilic defeated Berrer in the final at Zagreb in February for his second title of the year.
Defending champion Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic reached the quarterfinals by defeating Spanish qualifier Pere Riba 7-5, 6-1. Last year’s runner-up Mikhail Youzhny of Russia, also went through to the last eight by beating Andreas Beck of Germany 6-3, 6-3 in a match interrupted by rain.
Jan Hajek of the Czech Republic made the first quarterfinals by defeating eighth-seeded Benjamin Becker of Germany, 6-4, 6-0.
In first-round play, fourth-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber ousted German compatriot Daniel Brands 6-4, 6-4, and sixth-seeded Nicolas Almagro of Spain beat Kristof Vliegen of Belgium 6-3, 6-1.