Tennis Tennis ATP Tour: Top seeds sent packing in Bastad, Mayer fights to victory A pair of high-profile seeds were dumped out of the ATP Swedish Open on Wednesday, while Leonardo Mayer won well in Croatia. James Willoughby 18 July, 2019 09:52 IST Ramos Vinolas beat fellow Spaniard and second seed Fernando Verdasco at the Swedish Open. - Getty Images James Willoughby 18 July, 2019 09:52 IST Top seed Christian Garin and second seed Fernando Verdasco were knocked out of the ATP Swedish Open on an action-packed Wednesday.World number 37 Garin was no match for Jeremy Chardy in the upset of the day, the Frenchman winning 6-4, 6-4.Chardy hit 12 aces in his triumph and won six of the last seven games in the second set to set up a meeting with Nicolas Jarry, who beat Mikael Ymer 7-5, 6-3.Verdasco was also a surprise loser, failing to exact revenge for his 2016 Swedish Open final defeat to fellow Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas.Ramos-Vinolas won that 2016 final in Bastad 6-3, 6-4 and he nearly won by an identical score on Wednesday, posting a 6-2, 6-4 triumph in one hour and 46 minutes.Key to the world number 99's win was saving eight of a possible nine break points.Ramos-Vinolas will next play another Spaniard, Roberto Carballes Baena, who posted a 6-1, 7-6 (7-4) win over Damir Dzumhur.READ | WTA Tour: Garcia stunned in Lausanne, Pliskova progressesAlso on Wednesday, Leonardo Mayer fought back impressively to defeat Jiri Vesely in three sets at the Croatia Open in Umag. In a match that lasted two hours and 12 minutes, Mayer won 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.Attila Balazs was on court for even longer in Croatia, winning a tough encounter against sixth seed Filip Krajinovic 6-3, 6-7 (1-7), 7-6 (7-5).Stefano Travaglia progressed in an all-Italian affair, after he won the first set against Fabio Fognini, who retired early in the second. And in the late match in Croatia, Lazlo Djere edged Paolo Lorenzi 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Read more stories on Tennis. For more updates, follow Sportstar on :