Croatian Marin Cilic began the defence of his ATP PBZ Zagreb Indoors title with a comfortable straight-sets win over Jan Hajek.
The top seed, who comes into the tournament off the back of a semi-final appearance at the Australian Open, triumphed 6-2 6-2 in just 57 minutes.
Cilic converted all four of his break-point opportunities to brush aside the challenge of his opponent from the Czech Republic.
Second seed Ivan Ljubicic, another home favourite, is also through to the second round after a 7-6 (7/4) 6-3 victory over Frenchman Arnaud Clement.
However, the seventh-seeded Antonio Veic was forced to retire hurt when leading fellow Croatian Ivo Karlovic 5-4 in the first set.
In Wednesday's second round action, Austrian Jurgen Melzer needed just over an hour to get past Olivier Rochus of Belgium 6-2 6-3.
Serbian Viktor Troicki, the fourth seed in the tournament, and Ukrainian Illya Marchenko are also through to the quarter-finals after victories over Kazakhstan's Mikhail Kukushkin and Croatia's Ivan Dodig respectively
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