text: British No 2 Aljaz Bedene was unable to sustain his strong run since switching allegiance from Slovenia, crashing out of the Grand Prix Hassan II in Casablanca in the last eight. The world No 99 had breezed past fellow-qualifier Arthur De Greef of Belgium in a 70-minute, straight-sets victory to set up his quarter-final clash - but was unable to dislodge Czech young gun Jiri Vesely on Friday. Vesely saw off Bedene 6-1 6-4 to reach the final four and tee up a clash with Spanish veteran Daniel Gimeno-Traver. Aljaz Bedene, who has switched from Slovenia to Great Britain, lost in Casablanca (not pictured) The 21-year-old rising Czech star put paid to Bedene's good start to life under the official British banner, after the London-based 25-year-old changed nationality last month. Vesely saw off Mikhail Youzhny on Thursday despite all his luggage being lost in transit from Rome and borrowing kit from doubles partner Frantisek Cermak. That victory ended a seven-match losing streak, and he continued his resurgence to sweep past Bedene without issue. Bedene's conqueror Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic will play Gimeno-Traver in the semi-finals . Vesely's next opponent Gimeno-Traver dropped just six points on his first serve in a 6-4 6-3 victory over Lamine Ouahab. Second seed Martin Klizan saw off Nicolas Almagro 6-4 7-6 (6/3), meanwhile, denying his Spanish opponent a 250th career win on clay. Klizan will face Damir Dzumhur next after the Bosnian eased past sixth seed Andreas Haider-Maurer 6-3 6-3.
target: Aljaz Bedene lost 6-1, 6-4 to Jiri Vesely at the Grand Prix Hassan II .
  The world No 99 switched allegiance from Slovenia to Great Britain .
  Second seed Martin Klizan saw off Nicolas Almagro 6-4 7-6 .