Berdych joins seeds' Stuttgart exodus after defeat to Lopez

FILE PHOTO: Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - 30/5/17 Czech Republic's Tomas Berdych in action during his first round match against Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff Reuters / Gonzalo Fuentes

STUTTGART, Germany (Reuters) - Tomas Berdych became the latest seeded player to exit the Stuttgart Open on Friday as Spaniard Feliciano Lopez edged past the Czech third seed 6-7(4) 6-3 6-4 to reach the last four.

The world number 14, who has reached only one final this year, joined top seeds Roger Federer and Grigor Dimitrov on the sidelines.