The Gerry Weber Open lost its third seed on Thursday when Kei Nishikori retired from his second round match against Karen Kachanov. Also falling by the wayside was No. 6 Lucas Pouille, who lost 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-3 to Florian Mayer.
The results (all second round): At London: Aegon Championships: Marin Cilic bt Stefan Kozlov 6-0, 6-4; Sam Querrey bt Jordan Thompson 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-3. Grigor Dimitrov bt Julien Benneteau 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Tomas Berdych bt Denis Shapovalov 7-6(4), 6-7(4), 7-5.
At Halle: Gerry Weber Open: Karen Khachanov bt Kei Nishikori 3-2 retd.; Florian Mayer bt Lucas Pouille 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-3. Robin Haase bt Dominic Thiem 6-3, 7-6(7); Alexander Zverev bt Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3, 6-4. Doubles: Ivan Dodig & Rohan Bopanna bt Henri Kontinen & John Peers 7-6(2), 4-6, [10-2].
At Birmingham: Aegon Classic: Camila Giorgi bt Elina Svitolina 6-4, 4-6, 6-2; Garbine Muguruza bt Aloson Riske 6-1, 6-4. Petra Kvitova bt Naomi Broady 6-2, 6-2; Ashleigh Barty bt Barbora Strycova 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.
At Mallorca: Mallorca Open: Anastasija Sevastova bt Varvara Lepchenko 6-7(2), 6-1, 6-3; Roberta Vinci bt Kirsten Flipkens 6-4, 5-7, 6-2. Sabine Lisicki bt Shelby Rogers 6-3, 6-4; Julia Goerges bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1, 6-2; Catherine Bellis bt Mona Barthel 4-6, 6-4, 6-2; Kristyna Pliskova bt Francesca Schiavone 6-3, 7-6(7) .
