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Indian wildcard Somdev Devvarman stunned twice former champion Carlos Moya 4-6 7-5 6-4 in the second round of the Chennai Open, while third seed Marin Cilic roared into the quarter-finals with a clinic display.

World number 27 Cilic, the highest seed left, dismantled Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 6-0 6-4 in just over an hour in the second round after baseliner Devvarman pulled off a spectacular victory over the former world number one.

The 23-year-old Devvarman, who is based in the United States, produced an inspired display to triumph 4-6 7-5 6-4 in two hours and 14 minutes in hot conditions to move into his second ATP tour quarter-finals.

Sixth seed Moya won the first set comfortably but Devvarman, who spent his formative years in Chennai, delighted the partisan crowd when he grabbed the second set.

The highest-ranked Indian at 202, Devvarman broke the Spaniard in the third game of the final set as he wore down the former French Open champion for the biggest victory of his career.

Cilic, a semi-finalist here last year, will meet seventh seed Janko Tipsarevic next. The Serbian beat Israeli Dudi Sela 7-6 6-4.

Devvarman will next meet the big-serving Croatian Ivo Karlovic who pounded 16 aces to shut out Czech Ivo Minar 6-1 6-4.

German fifth seed Rainer Schuettler and eighth seed Marcel Granollers of Spain also made it to the quarter-finals.

Reuters