LYON, France, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Top seed Rainer Schuettler and Arnaud Clement extended winning streaks Thursday while advancing to the quarterfinals at the Lyon Tennis Grand Prix.
Schuettler registered a 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 7-5 triumph over Ivan Ljubicic for his seventh consecutive match win.
One of only two seeds to get past the first round, Schuettler dropped the first set and faced a pair of break points before squaring the match.
Clement, who triumphed last week at the Open de Moselle, also made it seven straight match wins with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Fernando Vicente.
No. 3 Paradorn Srichaphan, the only other seed left in the tournament, moved on with a 6-3, 6-2 rout of Olivier Rochus.
Qualifier Hicham Arazi swept past wild card Nicolas Mahut, 6-2, 6-4, to reach his first ATP Tour quarterfinal since June.
