Youzhny moves to Swiss Open quarterfinals

GSTAAD, Switzerland, July 27 (UPI) -- Mikhail Youzhny earned a quarterfinal spot Wednesday at the Swiss Open tennis tournament before rain washed out the rest of the schedule.

Youzhny defeated Denis Istomin 6-3, 6-2, dropping serve just once. He took more than two-thirds of the points on serve and more than half of those when Istomin served.

The Gstaad schedule called for four second-round matches Wednesday but heavy rains led organizers to push three to Thursday.

Among the matches postponed was the tournament's first appearance by Stanislas Wawrinka, the second highest-ranked Swiss player -- after world No. 3 Roger Federer. Wawrinka's No. 2 seeding gave him a first-round bye. He is to go against qualifier Peter Luczak.

The first round was completed Wednesday with Matthias Bachinger knocking off seventh-seeded Pablo Andujar. Bachinger had nine aces, won 86 percent of the points when he got his first serve in and didn't lose a service game.