ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) Third-seeded Richard Gasquet of France was untroubled on his serve as be beat Inigo Cervantes 6-2, 6-4 to reach the quarterfinals of the European Open on Wednesday.
Gasquet won 92 percent of his points on first serve, did not face a single break point and broke the Spaniard's serve three times in a lopsided match. Gasquet next faces either fifth-seeded countryman Gilles Simon or Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff.
Joining Gasquet in the last eight were fourth-seeded Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay and Italian Andreas Seppi.
Cuevas beat Slovak qualifier Jozef Kovalik 6-4, 7-6 (4), firing 11 aces in their second-round match.
Seppi beat Dutchman Robin Haase 7-5, 7-5 and next faces second-seeded Ferrer or Britain player Kyle Edmund.
In remaining first-round action, Simon beat Germany qualifier Yannick Maden, 6-3, 6-2. Simon, a losing semifinalist to Andy Murray at the Shanghai Masters last weekend, was ruthless in converting five of six break-point chances.
Wildcard entry Steve Darcis of Belgium rallied to beat Benoit Paire 6-7 (6), 6-1, 6-4.