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Gasquet top seed left in Swiss Open

GSTAAD, Switzerland, July 12 (UPI) -- Richard Gasquet Thursday reached the quarterfinals of the Allianz Suisse Open with a 6-3, 6-4, win over Kristof Vliegen.

Gasquet -- the top seed left in the tournament at No. 3 -- is coming off a semifinal appearance at Wimbledon. He will take on Igor Andreev in Friday's quarterfinals. Andreev defeated eighth-seeded Potito Starace in the second round, 6-3, 7-5.

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Paul-Henri Mathieu, seeded fifth, earned a quarterfinal spot by ousting Feliciano Lopez, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4).

The tournament's top two seeds, Nikolay Davydenko and Mikhail Youzhny, were defeated in the first round.

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