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Men's tennis governing body the ATP confirmed that sixth seed Tursunov had been withdrawn from his scheduled second round singles match against Swede Thomas Johansson.

Tursunov was defaulted from the doubles on Tuesday when he and South African partner Chris Haggard were trailing 6-4 3-1 to Italian pairing Simone Bolelli and Andreas Seppi.

The Russian had disputed a line call and then walked off court, breaking ATP rules which state no player can leave the court without the consent of the umpire.

"The ATP rulebook states that at the discretion of the supervisor, one or both players may be withdrawn from all other events, if any, in that tournament," an ATP statement said.

"After reviewing the situation the ATP supervisor has withdrawn Dmitry Tursunov from the singles tournament."

Johansson will receive a walkover into the quarter-finals while Tursunov, who is the 25th seed at next week's Wimbledon, will lose his prize money and can expect a fine of up to $5,000.

Briton Alex Bogdanovic, meanwhile, crashed out in the second round losing to Croatia's Marin Cilic 6-4 6-4.

"The conditions were tough, it was a little windy and Marin's a solid player so it was always going to be a tough match," Bogdanovic said.

"I didn't serve too well today and I couldn't hold serve out there."

Another Croatian advanced to the last eight when holder Ivo Karlovic overcame American Sam Querrey 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (16-14).

French Open semi-finalist Gael Monfils also reached the quarter-finals after beating French compatriot Julien Benneteau 3-6 6-4 6-2, while seeds Andreas Seppi, Gilles Simon and Fernando Verdasco all advanced along with American Vince Spadea.

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