BASEL (SWITZERLAND) - Kei Nishikori dominated Paolo Lorenzi 7-6 (7/3), 6-2 to reach the Swiss Indoors quarter-finals on Wednesday, with Asia's top player feeling his way back after a series of recent fitness problems. Nishkori, 26, finished with two breaks of Lorenzi while never facing a break point on his own serve. In concluding first round play, Argentine Guido Pella advanced as French seventh seed Richard Gasquet retired injured trailing 6-2, 2-1. American eighth seed Jack Sock eliminated Frenchman Adrian Mannarino 6-3, 6-3 while Pablo Carreno Busta won an all-Spanish showdown over Fernando Verdasco, 7-5, 6-3. Germany's Mischa Zverev defeated US teenager Taylor Fritz 7-6 (7/4), 6-0.

Source: Bangkok Post October 26, 2016 18:22 UTC