The Australian third seed was too strong and too consistent for the 15th-seeded Slovak as he won in 94 minutes.
World number one Rafael Nadal stitched up a straightforward 6-1 6-3 6-1 victory over Lleyton Hewitt on Friday to keep on track his bid for a record fifth consecutive Paris Open crown.
Hewitt, the 2001 champion, received his wildcard via a reciprocal agreement with Tennis Australia, which will grant an American a wild card into next year's Australian Open, and was among 16 players who received wildcard entries.
Lleyton Hewitt has been recalled to lead Australia's Davis Cup team in their Asia/Oceania first round tie in Thailand next month.
The fourth annual survey of best employers in India by global human resource consultancy firm Hewitt Associates will also rank companies which employ blue collar workers.
Lleyton Hewitt captured his first title in more than two years when he defeated American Wayne Odesnik 6-2, 7-5 in the US Men's Clay Court Championships on Sunday. Hewitt, 28, who has battled back from hip surgery last year, won in just over two hours for his 27th career title and just his second on clay.
Australia's Lleyton Hewitt will miss the remainder of the season after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his troublesome hip.
The third seeded Aussie beat the Spanish teenager to reach the quarter-finals of his home Grand Slam for the first time.
The former world No.1's break from tennis will help rather than hinder Australia in the Davis Cup final, says captain John Fitzgerald.
The top seed overcame a bad start to beat Kenneth Carlsen in the Mercedes-Benz Cup.
The Australian second seed eased past Frenchman Olivier Mutis 7-6, 6-1 to reach round two of the $380,000 Long Island Cup.
The Aussie ace said he rallied after that to take the tie-break 7-0 and tie the Davis Cup match against Ferrero at 2-all.
Australia's Davis Cup captain Pat Rafter has enjoyed smiting foes in the senior's tour since his retirement, but fears he may have bitten off more than he can chew by agreeing to partner Lleyton Hewitt in the Australian Open doubles.
"I'm extremely happy with my early Christmas present," said 20-year-old Belgian Clijsters.\n\n
A round-up of Day 4 at the second Grand Slam of the year.
The world No. 1 needed more than three-and-a-half hours to beat Arnaud Clement and reach the third round of the Hamburg Masters.\n
Australia has pinned its hopes on ageing warhorse Lleyton Hewitt to steer the country back into the Davis Cup's world group, naming him in both singles and doubles for their playoff against Belgium in Cairns this week.
Retirement is a dirty word for Australian tennis star Lleyton Hewitt, and he can't wait to launch his summer campaign on Saturday at the Hopman Cup in Perth after reviving his career in 2009 under former junior doubles partner Nathan Healey.
The Moroccan knocked the world number one out of the Australian Open with an upset 6-7, 7-6, 7-6, 6-4 victory in the fourth round.
The former world number one was included in a four-man team along with Chris Guccione, Paul Hanley and Peter Luczak.
A hobbling Monica Seles suffered her earliest exit at a grand slam tournament when she was knocked out 6-7 7-5 6-3 by Czech qualifier Klara Koukalova at the Australian Open.
World number 19 Moya battled past Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro 7-5 3-6 7-5 in their third-round match, while Hewitt, ranked 20, eased to a 6-3 6-3 win over Austrian Juergen Melzer.
The Australian said he saw nothing to change his opinion that the Spaniard is untouchable at Roland Garros.
The Aussie ace won the Stella Artois title for a record-equalling fourth time when he beat American James Blake.
Euro 2028 will be the largest major sporting event the UK and Ireland have jointly staged. It will be held in 10 stadia, including Wembley in London, the National Stadium of Wales in Cardiff, Hampden Park in Glasgow and Dublin's Aviva Stadium.
The Australian hit back from two sets down to crush former champion Gaston Gaudio at the French Open.
Photos from the Queen's Club tennis tournament played in London on Monday
Hewitt cruised to victory in less than an hour and a half to leave Australia in control of the Davis Cup relegation tie at Perth's Royal Kings Park.
Former Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt gave Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov a grasscourt masterclass in a second-round victory at the Aegon Championships at Queen's Club on Wednesday.
World number one Roger Federer produced another dominant display to crush number two Lleyton Hewitt 6-2, 6-4, 6-4.
Fighting tooth and nail as only he knows how old warrior Lleyton Hewitt waved an emotional goodbye to Wimbledon after losing a dramatic five-set match to Finland's Jarkko Nieminen.
Arnaud Clement stunned third seed Lleyton Hewitt 7-6, 6-4, to record his first win over the Australian in eight attempts
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