Richard Gasquet of France won the Swiss Open, beating Feliciano Lopez of Spain in four sets in Gstaad, Switzerland.

Both players exchanged their wins in the tiebreakers in the first two sets before seventh-seeded Gasquet took title 7-6 (4), 6-7 (3), 6-3 and 6-3.

Sixth-seeded Lopez struggled on his serve throughout but managed to save several break points to force the tiebreaks.

After the 20-year-old Gasquet took the first tiebreak, Lopez won the first point in the second on the Frenchman's serve and held on to take the second set.

Gasquet broke Lopez in the sixth game of the third set, then broke again in the first game of the fourth set for the title.

(Xinhua News Agency July 17, 2006)