ZAGREB, Croatia — Andreas Seppi rallied to defeat Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (6) Friday to reach the semifinals of the Zagreb Indoors. The fifth-seeded Italian, who upset Roger Federer in the third round of the Australian Open, served for the match at 6-5, but won only one point. Berankis led the tie break 4-1, but Seppi responded by winning five points in a row. He converted his third match point. Third-seeded Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain also made it to the semifinals, beating Serbia's Viktor Troicki 6-1, 6-7 (5), 7-5. Garcia-Lopez opened well, quickly building a 4-1 lead and cruising through the first set. Garcia-Lopez also led the second set 4-1 before Troicki rallied to tie the match. Troicki fought hard in the third set, but was broken at 5-6. On Thursday, Ivan Dodig, the last Croatian in the tournament, was beaten by eighth-seeded Marcel Granollers of Spain 7-6 (8), 4-6, 6-3, marking the first time a Croatian has failed to make the last eight. Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania came back from a set down, and 5-2 down in the second-set tiebreaker to upset fourth-seeded Gilles Muller from Luxembourg 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Muller hit 22 aces, but Berankis broke him twice in the deciding set. Monfils makes quarters In France, top-seeded Gael Monfils won a tight all-French encounter against Kenny De Schepper 6-4, 7-6 (3) to reach the quarterfinals of the Open Sud de France Thursday. One break of serve was enough for Monfils, who saved all three break points he faced. Monfils will next take on qualifier Steve Darcis of Belgium, who defeated Jarkko Nieminen of Finland 6-2, 7-6 (3). Third-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany hit 19 aces and saved 11 of the 13 break points he faced before rallying past Paul-Henri Mathieu of France 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 in a second-round match which lasted more than two hours. Kohlschreiber will face seventh-seeded Joao Sousa for a semifinals berth. Errani to open against Garcia World No. 13 Sara Errani will lead host Italy against No. 30 Caroline Garcia of France in the opening match of their Fed Cup first-round tie Saturday. The draw Friday also pitted No. 31 Camila Giorgi of Italy against No. 19 Alize Cornet in the second singles on the red clay court inside the 105 Stadium. After the reverse singles Sunday, Italy's Karin Knapp and Roberta Vinci will face Kristina Mladenovic and Pauline Parmentier are scheduled to meet in doubles. — Agencies
