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Halle, Germany – Second seed Richard Gasquet was an easy second-round winner Thursday at the $900,000 Gerry Weber Open, a grass-court Wimbledon tune-up.
The nifty Frenchman leveled veteran Austrian left-hander Jurgen Melzer 6-3, 6-1 at Gerry Weber Stadium.
Gasquet's quarterfinal opponent on Friday will be eighth-seeded German Florian Mayer.
In other Day-4 action, sixth-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber handled fellow German Tobias Kamke 6-4, 6-3 and Mayer mauled Argentine Leonardo Mayer 6-2, 6-3.
The 2011 champion and 2008 Halle runner-up Kohlschreiber's quarterfinal opponent will be Russian veteran Mikhail Youzhny.
This week's winner will earn $163,000.
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