Nikolay Davydenko beats Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-2, 6-2 to advance to 2nd round at Croatia Open

Davydenko advances to 2nd round at Croatia Open

UMAG, Croatia — Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko defeated Daniel Gimeno-Traver of Spain 6-2, 6-2 Wednesday to advance to the second round of the Croatia Open.

The Russian will next play Alberto Martin of Spain, who defeated Slovakian qualifier Martin Klizan 6-4, 6-4.

Sixth-seeded Nicolas Almagro beat Marcel Granollers 6-1, 6-3 in an all-Spanish match.

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.