Defending champion Marin Cilic beat Jan Hajek of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-2 Wednesday in the first round of the Zagreb Indoors. The top-seeded Croat, who reached the Australian Open semifinals last week, broke four times. He will play Daniel Koellerer of Austria Thursday. Former Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic is co-coaching Cilic at the Zagreb Indoors. Ivan Ljubicic defeated Arnaud Clement of France 7-6 (4), 6-3. The second-seeded Croat will meet Lukas Lacko of Slovakia. Ivo Karlovic also advanced to the second round after Antonio Veic retired at 5-4 because of ankle injury in an all-Croatian match. Third-seeded Jurgen Melzer of Austria and No. 4 Viktor Troicki of Serbia advanced to the quarterfinals after winning their second-round matches. Melzer beat Olivier Rochus of Belgium 6-2, 6-3 and will play Illya Marchenko of Ukraine, who beat Croatia's Ivan Dodig 6-4, 6-2. Troicki downed Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan 7-5, 7-5. On Tuesday, fifth-seeded Janko Tipsarevic was knocked out in the first round by German Michael Berrer 7-6 (5), 6-3 . Seeded players in quarters Third-seeded Feliciano Lopez of Spain, No. 5 Rajeev Ram of the United States and No. 8 Stephane Robert of France won straight-set matches Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of the SA Tennis Open. Lopez beat Blaz Kavcic of Slovenia 6-2, 7-6 (4), Ram defeated Bjorn Phau of Germany 7-6 (10), 7-6 (2) and Robert downed Izak van der Merwe of South Africa 7-6 (7), 6-1. “It wasn't a great match and I got a bit lucky, but I played some good points in the tiebreakers,” Ram said. Robert initially struggled against Van Der Merwe. He will next play Justin Brown of Jamaica, who edged Laurent Recouderc of France 6-4, 6-4. Top-seeded Gael Monfils of France and No. 2 David Ferrer of Spain are scheduled to play their second-round matches Thursday. Gonzalez advances Former champion Fernando Gonzalez and Jose Acasuso wasted no time in their quests for more Movistar Open titles with lopsided opening victories Tuesday. Gonzalez dispatched Oscar Hernandez of Spain 6-2, 6-1 in the first round, while Acasuso hammered local wild card Hans Podlipnik-Castillo 6-1, 6-1. Top-seeded Gonzalez was trying to win his third Movistar Open in a row, and his fifth in 10 attempts. He'll next face another Spaniard, Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo. Sixth-seeded Acasuso will next play countryman Eduardo Schwank, who took more than three hours to beat Paolo Lorenzi of Italy 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3. Third-seeded Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil defeated Nicolas Lapentti of Ecuador 3-6, 6-1, 6-1, but fourth-seeded Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay, a two-time semifinalist, was upended by Ricardo Mello of Brazil, who won 7-6 (5), 6-3 in his season opener. Two other seeds – both making their debuts in Santiago – also exited. No. 5 Heracio Zeballos of Argentina fell to Lukasz Kubot of Poland 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, and No. 7 Simon Greul of Germany lost to 208th-ranked qualifier Joao Souza of Brazil 3-6, 6-4, 7
