Delbonis upsets Bellucci

Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil lost to Argentine qualifier Federico Delbonis at the VTR Open.
Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil lost to Argentine qualifier Federico Delbonis at the VTR Open.

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February 2, 2012, 10:07 pm

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

VINA DEL MAR, Chile -- Argentine qualifier Federico Delbonis reached his second career ATP quarter-finals when he upset third-seeded Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil 6-2, 7-5 in the VTR Open on Thursday.

Bellucci, the Vina del Mar champion two years ago, lost his serve four times to Delbonis.

Delbonis' opponent in the quarter-final will be seventh-seeded Carlos Berlocq, who overwhelmed fellow Argentine Diego Junqueira 6-1, 6-0.

Second-seeded Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina beat countryman Horacio Zeballos 6-4, 7-6 (2), setting up a quarter-final against Brazilian Joao Souza, who upset Chile's Fernando Gonzalez 6-3, 7-6 (6).

In the other quarter-finals of the clay-court event, Juan Monaco will play Albert Montanes and Federico Gil goes against Jeremy Chardy.