Cilic marches past Kozlov, enters quarter-finals

Fourth seed Marin Cilic overpowered American teenager Stefan Kozlov 6-0, 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals of the Aegon Championships on the Queen's Club grass on Thursday.

Croatian Cilic, winner of the prestigious Wimbledon warm-up event in 2012, romped through the first set in 24 minutes but was given more of a workout in the second.

Kozlov, 19, showed some tidy grasscourt skills of his own but never hinted at breaking the Cilic serve, which offered up only seven points to the American during the 65-minute contest. New tournament favorite Cilic, who beat John Isner in round one, will now take aim at his third American in a row in the quarter-finals when he takes on unseeded Donald Young. The tournament has already lost top seed and five-times champion Andy Murray, Swiss world number three Stan Wawrinka and 2016 Wimbledon runner-up Milos Raonic while French Open champion Rafael Nadal pulled out before the start.

Later on Thursday American Sam Querrey, champion in 2010, plays Murray's conqueror Jordan Thompson while Feliciano Lopez takes on Jeremy Chardy.