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 .
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 .