Verdasco bundled out in Antalya tennis

Frenchman Adrian Mannarino has overcome the more fancied Fernando Verdasco in their Antalya Open quarter-final showdown.

Fernando Verdasco

Fernando Verdasco was the only seeded player in the Antalya Open quarter-finals. (AAP)

Fernando Verdasco has been beaten by Adrian Mannarino in the Antalya Open quarter-finals on Thursday.

Frenchman Mannarino recovered from losing the first set to record a 2-6 7-5 6-2 victory over the Spanish third seed.

Mannarino will face Andreas Seppi in the last four after the Italian saw off Radu Albot 6-4 7-6 (7-3).

Cypriot Marco Baghdatis needed six match points to reach the semi-finals as he beat Indian qualifier Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-7 (0-7) 6-3 7-6 (8-6).

The veteran Baghdatis will take on Yuichi Sugita for a place in the final as the Japanese eased past lucky loser Daniel Altmaier 6-3 6-0.


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