Pico Monaco is trying to climb up the ATP rankings once gain.
The former world no.10 had a great start of the tournament in Dusseldorf where he is the defending champion to concede just 3 games to Benjamin Becker in the 1st round and other 3 games to seed no.2 Marcel Granollers.
Pico commented “I was happy with the way I played today. It is a big boost for my confidence whenever I win matches like this.”
Next vs. Karlovic
The Argentine will play boom boom Karlovic in the quarters. Head to head is 1-0 for Ivo.
Here the complete quarters line up
Kohlschreiber – Delic
Seppi – Istomin
Vesely – Melzer
Karlovic – Monaco