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The top-seeded Feliciano Lopez was beaten in the quarter-finals off the Fayez Sarofim and Co Championships in Houston, Texas, on Friday (April 10). picking up just five games in the process.

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The top-seeded Feliciano Lopez was beaten in the quarter-finals off the Fayez Sarofim and Co Championships in Houston, Texas, on Friday (April 10). picking up just five games in the process.

The Spaniard lost 6-4 6-1 to Sam Querrey, the eighth seed who progresses to the last four.

Their clash came after a long rain break of five hours which held up Kevin Anderson's clash with Jeremy Chardy.

Anderson won the first set 7-5 and served for the match in the second before losing it on a tie-break. In the end he would prevail 7-5 6-7 (8/6) 7-6 (7/3)

Jack Sock awaits Anderson after the unseeded American uptipped the fifth-ranked Santiago Giraldo 6-4 6-4.

Querrey's reward is a last-four meeting with Fernando Verdasco who beat Teymuraz Gabashvili 6-2 6-3.