Soderling advances to quarters at Swedish Open

Robin Soderling barely broke a sweat as he routed Argentina's Diego Junqueira 6-0, 6-1 on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Swedish Open.

The top-seeded Swede will next face Italy's Potito Starace, who opened strongly but was pushed to three sets in a 6-0, 6-7 (5), 6-2 win over Jonathan Dasnieres De Veigy of France.

Third-seeded Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic has also reached the quarterfinals after defeating Russian Teymuraz Gabashvili 6-2, 6-2.

Juan Monaco of Argentina, Spain's Ruben Ramirez Hildago and Andreas Haider-Maurer of Austria won their first-round matches and will be back in action on Thursday.