Swiss Open: Halys eases past Heide to move into semi-finals

French qualifier Quentin Halys reached the semi-finals of the Swiss Open by winning against Brazilian qualifier Gustavo Heide 6-1, 7-5 at the Roy Emerson Arena in Gstaad.

Halys, ranked No 192, will face the winner of the match between German Jan-Lennard Struff, the No 5 seed, and Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry, the No 4 seed, next.

The Frenchman defeated Richard Gasquet (7-6 (4), 7-6 (5)) and edged out Slovak Lukas Klein (6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-4) in the previous rounds of the Gstaad tournament.

Earlier in the tournament, Heide, ranked No 178, edged out Italian Stefano Napolitano (7-6 (4), 5-7, 7-6 (3)) and beat Frenchman Ugo Humbert, the second seed (6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-3).

Gstaad ATP 250, other last-eight results (Roy Emerson Arena, clay, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):

• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Matteo Berrettini
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Fabio Fognini
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry