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.