The eighth seed, who reached the final of the Swiss Indoors in Basle last week, easily defeated his in-form compatriot Juan Martin del Potro 6-4 6-0 in Paris.
The day ended with an impressive performance from 18-year-old Argentine Juan Martin del Potro, who beat Swedish veteran Thomas Johansson 6-2 6-4.
That tie is nicely poised after Croatian No.1 Marin Cilic beat David Nalbandian 5-7 6-4 4-6 7-6 6-3 before Juan Martin del Potro hit back leveling the match with a straight sets victory over Ivo Karlovic 6-2 7-6 6-1.
At the World Tennis Tournament in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, Argentinian third seed Juan Martin Del Potro -- the 2009 U.S. Open champion -- beat Slovakian Karol Beck 6-4 7-5 to reach the last eight.
CNN: Monfils pulls out as Roddick battles through in San Jose
But Lopez came storming back to beat Juan Martin del Potro 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 in the second singles match.
Waiting in the final is Tomas Berdych, who beat a tetchy Juan Martin del Potro 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6) earlier in the day.
There is also the 24-year-old Frenchman Benoit Paire, whose flashy game and theatrical court presence have recently produced results, including a straight-sets victory over Juan Martin del Potro in Rome (Paire eventually lost to Federer in the semifinals).
Federer had only just flown back to Europe following his five-set defeat by Juan Martin Del Potro in Monday's US Open final, but beat Simone Bolelli on Friday and then secured the decisive third point with a 6-3 6-0 6-4 win over Potito Starace on Sunday.
Britain's Andy Murray , the sixth seed, beat Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka 6-1 6-3 6-3, and will next play Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro , who defeated Kei Nishikori of Japan 6-3 6-4 6-3.
He will next take on either Czech seventh seed Tomas Berdych or 2009 U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina -- who led 7-6 (8-6) 1-6 6-3 when play was halted long before the Tsonga-Wawrinka match, despite appearing to struggle with a strapped-up knee.
The Spaniard will next play either world No. 1 Novak Djokovic or Juan Martin del Potro, who eliminated third-ranked Andy Murray on Friday.
CNN: Wozniacki seeks 'check mate' in final against Sharapova
It set up a final with Serbian No.1 Novak Djokovic, who beat Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina, 6-3 7-6 in the earlier last four clash.
Berlocq's compatriot Juan Martin del Potro beat unseeded Bjorn Phau 6-2 7-5 to set up a meeting with the German's veteran compatriot Tommy Haas .
CNN: Djokovic, Azarenka extend unbeaten runs at Indian Wells
Ferrer is fighting for a semifinal place with Juan Martin del Potro, who beat Tipsarevic 6-0 6-4 in Thursday's late match to end the Serbian's hopes.
CNN: Champion Federer floors Ferrer to reach semis at ATP finals
The Scot is then likely to come up against Juan Martin del Potro or David Nalbandian in the quarter-finals and Rafael Nadal in the semis.
Sixth seed Juan Martin del Potro eased past German Benjamin Becker 6-2 6-4 6-2, while French seventh seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga battled to a straight-sets win over Japan's Go Soeda.
Earlier, Marat Safin bade farewell to professional tennis with a 6-4 5-7 6-4 defeat by U.S. Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro.
Earlier, home hope Murray gave the finals the perfect start with a 6-3 3-6 6-2 victory over U.S. Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro in their Group A match.
Elsewhere, Juan Martin Del Potro eased past Colombia's Alejandro Falla 6-2 6-2 to set up a third round clash with France's Michael Llodra.
Defending champion Novak Djokovic, world numbers one and two Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal and US Open winner Juan Martin del Potro have also already qualified for the elite eight-man tournament.
The No. 9 seed Juan Martin del Potro booked a place in round three with a 6-7 7-6 6-4, 6-4 win over France's Edouard Roger-Vasselin.
CNN: Federer breaks grand slam record as Djokovic marches on
Seeded third in the absence of Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Juan Martin Del Potro, the world No. 6 saved two match-points as he clinched his 20th ATP Tour title in Doha.
World No. 19 Juan Monaco, Argentina's No. 1 in the absence of Juan Martin del Potro, gave his country a lifeline by beating 13th-ranked Gilles Simon 7-6 (7-2) 6-2 6-4 on the red clay.
Chardy will next face former U.S. Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro, the sixth seed who beat Serbian Viktor Troicki 7-6 2-6 6-1.
Meanwhile, former U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro reached his second successive final after beating top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the Marseille Open on Saturday.
Simon overcame Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro, who won last week's Rotterdam Open, 6-4 6-3 with the second seed needing treatment on a thigh injury.
Second seed Nadal faces former world No. 3 David Nalbandian in Friday's quarterfinals following three-time champion Roger Federer's clash with another Argentine, ninth seed Juan Martin del Potro.
Elsewhere, the No. 4 seed Juan Martin del Potro was forced to save three match points during a hard fought 4-6 6-4 7-6 victory over Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis .
Argentina will be represented by Juan Martin del Potro, David Nalbandian, Jose Acasuso and Agustin Calleri for the best-of-five series on an indoor hard court in Mar del Plata.
The Czechs, who are looking for a first win in the competition for 32 years, will take a 2-1 lead going into Sunday's deciding singles where Argentina will be without Juan Martin del Potro.
应用推荐