ZAGREB, Croatia(AP) Second-seeded Marin Cilic advanced to the second round of the ATP PBZ Zagreb Indoors tournament, ousting Arnaud Clement 6-4, 6-3 Monday.
Cilic held serve throughout the match and saved three break points at 1-2 in the second set before coasting.
Ivan Ljubicic crushed Christophe Rochus 6-4, 6-1 in just 57 minutes.
The victory extended Ljubicic's strong form in Zagreb where he won the first tournament in 2006 and was the finalist in 2007 and 2008.
Ljubicic broke Rochus early and the Belgian briefly recovered to come back to 4-5 in the first set, but managed to win only one more game in the match.
Teimuraz Gabashvili beat Mikhail Youzhny 6-3, 6-4 to advance. Youzhny failed to convert any of his seven break points before bowing out.
Another of the nine Croatians in the tournament, 20-year-old Antonio Veic, upset veteran Guillermo Canas 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. Canas received medical attention for an arm injury during the match.