The 30-year-old Russian, who lives in Moscow and the Sacramento suburb of Folsom, fell to 16th-seeded Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 on clay in the third round of the Barcelona Open. It was their first career meeting.
Playing on his worst surface, Tursunov qualified for the tournament, beat 49th-ranked Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan in the first round and ousted top-seeded and fourth-ranked David Ferrer in the second round. By reaching the third round, Tursunov will continue to rise in the world rankings.
Tursunov has almost halved his ranking this year, jumping from No. 122 to No. 66 after a series of injuries. He climbed to a career-high No. 20 in 2006.
Bellucci advanced to his first ATP World Tour quarterfinal since last October, when he reached the Moscow final before losing to Andreas Seppi of Italy.
PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS
In Ojai, Calif.
Men's quarterfinals
No. 18 Cal def. No. 74 Utah 5-0. No. 1 singles: No. 33 Ben McLachlan (C) vs. No. 107 Slim Hamza, abandoned. Team records: Cal 14-8, Utah 13-12. No. 41 Stanford def. No. 33 Washington 4-2. No. 1 singles: No. 14 Kyle McMorrow (W) led No. 46 John Morrissey 4-6, 6-4, 5-2 (did not finish). Team records: Stanford 12-10, Washington 17-11.
Women's first round (individual tournament)
No. 5 Zsofi Susanyi (Cal) def. Andjela Kankaras (Washington State) 6-4, 6-3.No. 8 Anett Schutting (Cal) def. Patricia Skowronski (Oregon) 6-2, 6-2.
No. 19 Krista Hardebeck (Stanford) def. Andjela Nemcevic (Washington) 6-1, 6-4.
No. 29 Kristie Ahn (Stanford) def. Wende Janssens (Colorado) 6-1, 7-6 (4).
No. 62 Klara Fabikova (Cal) def. Leighann Sahagun (Arizona State) 6-1, 6-1.
No. 97 Stacey Tan (Stanford) def. Callie Craig (Utah) 6-4, 6-2.
(Note: Stanford junior Nicole Gibbs, the defending NCAA singles and doubles champion, is playing in a $50,000 professional tournament in Charlottesville, Va., this week. She has reached the singles quarterfinals and doubles semifinals).
Women's round of 16
No. 5 Zsofi Susanyi (Cal) def. Grace Ysidora (Washington) 6-3, 6-0.No. 8 Anett Schutting (Cal) def. No. 76 Gabriella DeSimone (USC) 4-3, retired.
No. 19 Krista Hardebeck (Stanford) def. Desirae Krawczyk (Arizona State) 6-2, 6-2.
No. 21 Jacqueline Cako (Arizona State) def. No. 97 Stacey Tan (Stanford) 6-2, 6-4.
No. 29 Kristie Ahn (Stanford) def. No. 112 Giuliana Olmos (USC) 6-0, 6-1.
No. 62 Klara Fabikova (Cal) def. No. 93 Tereza Bekerova (Utah) 6-2, 2-6, 6-0.
WEST COAST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
In San Diego
Men's quarterfinals
USF def. No. 60 Santa Clara 4-2. No. 1 singles: Thai Tu (USF) def. No. 83 John Lamble 7-5, 6-2. Team records: USF 14-7, Santa Clara 17-10.San Diego def. Saint Mary's 4-0. No. 1 singles: Thibaut Visy (SD) vs. No. 114 Jesse Kiuru 1-6, 6-2 (did not finish). Team records: San Diego 17-8, Saint Mary's 10-15.
Women's quarterfinals
No. 63 Santa Clara def. Loyola Marymount 4-2. No.1 singles: No. 28 Katie Le (SC) def. April Bisharat 6-1, 6-4. Team records: Santa Clara 12-9, Loyola Marymount 11-12.San Diego def. USF 4-3. No. 1 singles: No. 88 Andrea Ka (USF) def. No. 79 Laura Claus 6-1, 6-4. Team records: San Diego 12-10, USF 14-9.
BIG WEST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
In Indian Wells
Men's first round
Pacific def. UC Davis 4-2. No. 1 singles: Sem Verbeek (P) vs. Toki Sherbakov, abandoned. Team records: Pacific 15-8, UC Davis 8-13.
Women's first round
UC Davis def. UC Riverside 4-0. No. 1 singles: Layla Sanders (UCD) vs. Jamie Raney, abandoned. Note: UC Davis' top player, Megan Heneghan, did not play because of a foot injury. Team records: UC Davis 11-12, UC Riverside 1-16.Pacific def. Cal Poly 4-0. No. 1 singles: Iveta Masarova (P) def. Louise Oxnevad 6-4, 6-1. Team records: Pacific 10-12, Cal Poly 4-18.
WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
In Denver
Women's quarterfinals
No. 66 San Jose State def. Texas-San Antonio 4-0. No. 1 singles: No. 53 Klaudia Boczova (SJS) def. Jacobea Junger 6-4, 6-1. Team records: San Jose State 17-5, Texas-San Antonio 7-13.
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