KITZBUEHEL, Austria (AP) Marcel Granollers of Spain defeated Filippo Volandri of Italy 6-4, 6-2 Tuesday to reach the second round of the Bet-am-Home Cup.
The seventh-seeded Granollers, who won his second career title Sunday in Gstaad, Switzerland, fell behind 3-1 in the opening set before dominating the match.
He will play Antonio Veic of Croatia, who rallied past Andreas Haider-Maurer 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2. The Austrian failed to close out the match after being a break up in the second set, ending his bid to reach the quarterfinals for a third straight tournament.
Joao Souza of Brazil defeated Jerzy Janowicz of Poland 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (3) to set up a second-round match against third-seeded Ivan Ljubicic. Santiago Giraldo of Colombia downed German qualifier Daniel Brands 6-3, 6-3.