All of this year's Vegeta Croatia Open quarterfinalists are now known. The biggest surprise was Slovenian Aljaž Bedene, ranked at 100 in the world, who defeated the tournament fourth seed and ex tournament champion, Ukranian Alexandr Dolgopolov (6:3, 6:1) on the central court.

"This is the greatest victory of my career. One of the big ones was against Wawrinka in Chennai, but this one is special because I played in front of many Slovenian fans. I noticed that Dolgopolov wasn't his usual self, I felt that I had the advantage if I won my first set, because I was in better shape. Why did Dolgopolov play badly? Good question, but he's the only one that knows the answer", said the Slovenian tennis player after the match.

"I trained well here in Umag, I believed that I'll have a good tournament, but it happened that nothing was working well for me that day. I wasn't expecting this, I love this tournament and I'll almost certainly be back next year", added Dolgopolov.

Bedene will face Tommy Robredo in the quarterfinals, the experienced Spaniard had little trouble getting through Viktor Troicki from Serbia (6:0, 6:4)

"I've had the control from the beginning of the match. It might have seemed different, but I didn't have any trouble in the second set either, the result could have been more convincing if I used the point for 5:2. When I play like this, the chances are slim", said the confident Robredo.

After his victory against the 16 year-old Borna Ćorić, Argentinean Horacio Zeballos went a step further on Thursday, and grabbed his third quarterfinal this season after defeating his compatriot Carlos Berlocq, even though, he lost his first set like in the first round (3:6, 6:3, 6:3). It was their third encounter and second win by Zeballos who now awaits his clash with Andreas Seppi.