Top-seeded Gael Monfils advanced to the quarterfinals by posting a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Ukraine qualifier Sergiy Stakhovsky on Thursday at the Open 13 in Marseille, France.
Monfils needed just 57 minutes to dispose of Stakhovsky. The 30-year-old Frenchman will face fellow countryman Richard Gasquet, who is seeded sixth, in the quarterfinals.