Benneteau, Chiudinelli advance in Rotterdam
(AP) — Julien Benneteau of France and Switzerland's Marco Chiudinelli have advanced to the second round of the ABN Amro indoor tennis tournament.
Benneteau ousted seventh-seeded Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia 6-3, 6-3 on Tuesday in Rotterdam, Netherlands, while Chiudinelli knocked out 2008 champion Michael Llodra of France 6-1, 6-7(5), 7-6(6). Llodra fought back from 6-1 down to even the final set tiebreaker 6-6 before Chiudinelli took the match.
Marsel Ilhan of Turkey beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 6-1, 6-4.
Top-seeded Novak Djokovic is scheduled to play his first match against Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine later Tuesday.
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