Gstaad, July 08: Third seed Jiri Novak breezed past Sargis Sargsian 6-3 6-3 in the opening round on Monday. Sargsian recently upset Andy Roddick at the French Open and James Blake at Wimbledon but he proved to be no match for former Gstaad champion Novak.
But there was an early upset as sixth seed Nikolay Davydenko of Russia was toppled by France's Anthony Dupuis 7-6 (7-1) 7-6 (7-4).
The home crowd are looking forward to welcoming home newly crowned Wimbledon champion Roger Federer. The first Swiss man to win a Grand Slam title will play his first-round match against Spanish qualifier Marc Lopez on Tuesday.
In other first day action, fourth seed Gaston Gaudio, the losing finalist to Spaniard Alex Corretja last year, defeated Belgium's Kristof Vliegen 6-3 6-4.

Fifth-seeded Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina made quick work of Andre Sa, dispatching the Brazilian 6-0 6-2 in their first ever meeting.

France's Paul-Henri Mathieu beat German qualifier Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 6-1 while Belgium's Christophe Rochus quickly ended Michael Lammer's ATP debut, beating the Swiss wildcard 6-3 7-5.

Austria's Stefan Koubek saw off Spaniard Galo Blanco 6-1 1-6 6-3 and Frenchman Jean-Rene Lisnard overcame Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka 2-6 6-1 7-5 in the day's final match.