Fabio Fognini pulled off a second-round upset Wednesday of No. 2-seeded Nicolas Almagro at the Romania Open tennis tournament. Fognini was able to get an advantage on Almagro's second serve in a 6-4, 7-6 (7-3) victory at the clay-court tournament.

Italy's Fabio Fognini knocked off second-seeded Nikolay Davydenko 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 in a rain-plagued quarterfinal Friday at the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart, Germany. The 22-year-old Fognini, the 67th-ranked men's player in the world, last reached a semifinal in July 2008 at the Croatia Open in Umag and secured

Jose Acasuso, seeking his first tournament triumph of the year after two close calls, easily advanced to the quarterfinals Thursday at the Copa Telmex. The fifth-seeded Acasuso was a 6-4, 6-3 winner over Fabio Fognini, setting up a quarterfinal meeting with Oscar Hernandez. Acasuso did not play in the Australian Open, but he reached the finals of the Movistar Open and semifinals of the Brazil Open.