Gilles Simon set to face Sam Querrey at Aegon Open in Nottingham
Wednesday 24 June 2015 18:34, UK
Gilles Simon will tackle Sam Querrey in the quarter-finals of the Aegon Open in Nottingham after easing past Joao Sousa on Wednesday.
The French world No 13, who is seeded second, needed only an hour and 12 minutes to beat his Portuguese opponent 6-4 6-1, while 12th seed Querrey downed Pablo Cuevas 7-6 (9-7) 7-6 (7-3).
Leonardo Mayer of Argentina, the fourth seed, survived a spirited examination from Czech left-hander Jiri Vesely to progress 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (7-5) and will now tackle Denis Istomin for a semi-final place.
The Uzbek fired down eight aces as he defeated Sergiy Stakhovsky 7-5 6-4.
Simone Bolelli emerged victorious from an all-Italian encounter with eighth seed Adrian Mannarino, who succumbed to a 3-6 6-4 6-4 loss.
Former Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis awaits the Bolognese player after conquering Alexander Zverev 6-3 6-3.
Elsewhere, Ukrainian hopeful Alexandr Dolgopolov removed seventh seed Dominic Thiem from contention by clinching a 6-3 6-3 win in only 50 minutes.
His next opponent will be Taiwan's Lu Yen-hsun, the world No 52, who pulled off a shock 6-3 6-2 victory over third seed Feliciano Lopez of Spain in the very last match of the day.
