Youzhny tops Sadecky to reach Swiss quarterfinals

GSTAAD, Switzerland -- Top-seeded Mikhail Youzhny has advanced to the Swiss Open quarterfinals, beating wild card Alexander Sadecky of Switzerland in straight sets.

The 14th-ranked Russian won the second round match 7-5, 6-4, ending No. 437 Sadecky's first tour event.

Youzhny next faces No. 147 Yuri Schukin from Kazakhstan, a qualifier reaching his first quarterfinals match on tour at age 31.

Schukin defeated Portugal's Frederico Gil 6-3, 6-3 on a rain-affected day on Gstaad's outdoor clay courts.

Another Russian, Igor Andreev, completed a second-round victory over Switzerland's Marco Chiudinelli 6-3, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (6). The match had been suspended late on Wednesday with just the decisive tiebreaker to play.

Second-seeded Nicolas Almagro of Spain made Michael Lammer the third home-based loser on the day, rallying to beat the 28-year-old Swiss player 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Almagro faces Jeremy Chardy in Friday's last-eight matches, after the Frenchman beat Finland's Jarkko Nieminen 7-5, 6-2.