Tennis: Gasquet in Eastbourne semifinals

Richard Gasquet moved into his third semifinal of the season as the top seed defeated Slovak Martin Klizan 6-3, 6-4 at the ATP/WTA Eastbourne International on Thursday.

In the women’s draw at Devonshire Park, Briton Heather Watson moved into the semifinals as second seed and 2011 Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova withdrew before their match with a thigh strain on the eve of Monday’s All England Club start.

Paes-Qureshi duo out

Second-seeded Leander Paes and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi lost 6-4, 6-3 to Treat Huey of Philippines and Dominic Inglot of Britain in the doubles quarterfinals in Eastbourne.

The results: In Eastbourne: ATP/WTA Eastbourne Open: Men: Quarterfinals: Richard Gasquet bt Martin Klizan 6-3, 6-4; Denis Istomin bt Eduardo Roger-Vasselin 7-6(5), 6-2.

Second round: Istomin bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-2, 7-5; Sam Querrey bt Victor Estrella-Burgos 7-5, retd.; Julien Benneteau bt Gilles Simon 6-3, 6-4; Jeremy Chardy bt Carlos Berlocq 6-4, 7-5; Feliciano Lopez bt Tobias Kamke 7-6(10), 7-5.

Doubles: Quarterfinals: Treat Huey & Dominic Inglot bt Leander Paes & Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 6-4, 6-3.

Women: Quarterfinals: Heather Watson bt Petra Kvitova w/o; Angelique Kerber bt Ekaterina Makarova 6-2, 6-1. Second round: Heather Watson bt Flavia Pennetta 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-2; Kvitova bt Varvara Lepchenko 6-1, 6-4; Madison Keys bt Elena Vesnina 7-5, 7-6(9).

In ‘s-Hertogenbosch: ATP/WTA Open: Men: Quarterfinals: Joao Sousa bt Thiemo de Bakker 6-4, 6-2.

Second round: Sousa bt Mate Pavic 6-2, 6-4; Benjamin Becker bt Dudi Sela 6-2, 7-5; Vasek Pospisil bt Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4, 6-2; Nicolas Mahut bt Steve Johnson 6-2, 7-6(4); Roberto Bautista Agut bt Matthew Ebden 7-5, 7-6(1); Jurgen Melzer bt Lukas Lacko 5-7, 6-3, 6-3; Fernando Verdasco bt Jesse Huta Galung 7-5, 6-3.

Women: Quarterfinals: Magdalena Rybarikova bt Annika Beck 6-2, 7-5; Zheng Jie bt Elina Svitolina 6-3, 6-0; Klara Zakopalova bt Yaroslava Shvedova 6-2, 6-4.

Second round: Beck bt Simona Halep 5-7, 3-2 (retd.); Elina Svitolina bt Kirsten Flipkens 7-6(4), 6-4; Coco Vandeweghe bt Vania King 6-7(6), 6-0, 2-1 (retd.); Shvedova bt Michaella Krajicek 7-6(6), 7-6(4).