Kohlschreiber dumped out
Swiss wildcard Marco Chiudinelli upset eighth seed Philipp Kohlschreiber to reach the second round of the Davidoff Swiss Indoors in Basle.
The world number 73 came out on top after a two-hour, 15-minute tussle in the day's opening match on Centre Court to set up a clash with compatriot Michael Lammer.
The opening set saw the players pass up seven break points between them before Chiudinelli prevailed 7-5 in a tie-break. Kohlschreiber levelled but a decisive late break saw the underdog complete a 7-6 (7-5) 3-6 7-5 victory.
Lammer, meanwhile, battled past Austria's Daniel Koellerer 3-6 6-2 7-5.
Second seed Novak Djokovic made easy progress beating Andreas Beck, 6-3 7-5.
The Serbian served 10 aces and broke serve three times in the one-hour, 27-minute clash and will next face Czech Jan Hernych, a 6-3 6-4 victor over Australia's Peter Luczak.
Finn Jarkko Nieminen overcame a 74-place gap in the world rankings to rout Julian Benneteau 7-5 6-2, his second win in as many meetings with the Frenchman.
Serbia's Viktor Troicki came through 6-2 7-6 (7/5) against Benjamin Becker as the German contingent in action all crashed out, and Russia's Evgeny Korolev came from behind to beat Simone Bolelli of Italy 3-6 7-6 (7/4) 6-2.
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