Gasquet breezes into European Open quarters
He is among the favourites to take the title on the first staging of the European Open and Richard Gasquet is through to the last eight.
Richard Gasquet defeated Inigo Cervantes as the third seed progressed to the quarter-finals of the maiden European Open.
The Frenchman set the tone by breaking to love in the first game before wrapping up a 6-2 6-4 victory in an hour and 15 minutes.
Fourth seed Pablo Cuevas booked his spot in the last eight with a 6-4 7-6 (7-4) triumph over Jozef Kovalik in Antwerp.
Also through to the quarters is Andreas Seppi, who beat Robin Haase 7-5 7-5.
The remainder of Wednesday's matches were first-round ties, which saw wins for Gilles Simon, Taylor Fritz and Steve Darcis.
