Davydenko to face Martin
UMAG, Croatia -- Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko defeated Daniel Gimeno-Traver of Spain 6-2, 6-2 on Wednesday to advance to the second round of the Croatia Open.
Need the scores from any match played in today's tournaments? The Russian will next play Alberto Martin of Spain, who defeated Slovakian qualifier Martin Klizan 6-4, 6-4.
Davydenko won the German Open on Sunday and said the weather was much hotter in Umag than Hamburg.
"When I started to run, I felt I had no power," Davydenko said. "[I hit] a couple of winners which helped me, but it was tough. I would like to play a night session in the second round."
Second-seeded David Ferrer of Spain squandered a 6-1, 5-3 lead before defeating Daniel Koellerer of Austria 6-1, 6-7 (2), 6-3, but third-seeded Viktor Troicki of Serbia -- a semifinalist at Umag in 2007 -- lost to Maximo Gonzalez of Argentina 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (6).
Sixth-seeded Nicolas Almagro beat Marcel Granollers 6-1, 6-3 in an all-Spanish match.
The only remaining Croatian player, Ivan Ljubicic, earned his fourth victory in five matches against Filippo Volandri, defeating the Italian 6-1, 6-4 in his first action since he sustained an ankle injury at Eastbourne last month.
Oscar Hernandez of Spain beat Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine 7-6 (3), 6-1. Nicolas Massu of Chile topped wild card Blaz Kavcic of Slovenia 5-7, 6-3, 6-2.
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