Second-seeded Serbian star Novak
Djokovic highlighted Tuesday's opening-round winners at the Swiss Indoors
The former Australian Open champion Djokovic handled German Andreas Beck 6-3,
7-5 at St. Jakobshalle. Djokovic popped 10 aces and recorded three service
breaks in a 1-hour, 26-minute victory.
Up next for the world No. 3 Djokovic will be Czech Jan Hernych.
Meanwhile, wild card and Swiss crowd favorite Marco Chiudinelli upended
eighth-seeded German Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 7-5 and Finnish
veteran Jarkko Nieminen dismissed France's Julien Benneteau 7-5, 6-2.
Additional Day-2 wins came for the aforementioned Hernych, Serbian Viktor
Troicki, Russian qualifier Evgeny Korolev and Swiss qualifier Michael Lammer.
On Wednesday, Basel's favorite son, Roger Federer, will play his second-round
match against Italian Andreas Seppi.
The world No. 1 Federer, who once served as a ball boy here in Basel, is the
reigning three-time champion here. He defeated his long-time rival David
Nalbandian in last year's finale.
The top-seeded all-time men's Grand Slam king Federer is playing his first
tennis since losing to Argentine slugger Juan Martin del Potro in September's
U.S. Open final.
The winner of this $2.59 million event will collect $430,000.
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