German Tennis Championships 2016: Friday Scores, Results, Updated Draw Schedule

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Published: July 15, 2016

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Philipp Kohlschreiber made a nightmarish exit from the 2016 German Tennis Championships on Friday after falling to Argentina's Renzo Olivo 1-6, 6-0, 7-5, and failing to clinch his place in the semi-finals.

Oliva's reward for the upset result is a last-four meeting against Pablo Cuevas, who throttled Paul-Henri Mathieu in straight sets 7-6(7), 6-1 to book his place in the Hamburg competition's last four.

Stephane Robert surprised eighth-seed Guillermo Garcia-Lopez to edge his way into the last four, too, after surviving a second-set assault from his Spanish foe.

Martin Klizan or Daniel Gimeno-Traver will be the last to take their spot in the semi-finals, with the pair scheduled to collide in Friday's evening fixture.

Read on for a roundup of Friday's results, complete with a recap of the day's events and a look to the upcoming schedule.



 

Recap Fans saw the very best along with the very worst of Kohlschreiber on Friday, where the German fell away in dramatic fashion to seal a near-incomprehensible loss to Olivo.

Olivo won just 11 of the 30 return points he faced in the first set, according to Flashscores, but the Argentinian responded with a stellar performance in the second set, per Tennis TV:



Kohlschreiber came up against a tougher challenge in the third set and led 5-3 at one point before surrendering four games in succession to topple out of the competition.

The No. 1 seed missed out on two match points as Oliva staged his surging comeback, and tennis writer Billy Owens hailed the 24-year-old's terrific turnaround:



Earlier in the day, Cuevas needed just one hour and 20 minutes to overcome Mathieu in their quarter-final clash, when the former followed up a close opening set with a dominant 6-1 decider.

Tennis TV provided a breakdown of the first set's statistics, where the Uruguayan eme...
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