Teymuraz Gabashvili needed just 63 minutes to get past wild card Cem Ilkel in the first round of the Kremlin Cup By Bank Of Moscow on Monday. The Russian won seven games in a row from 2-2 in the first set and secured the win on his second match point. Gabashvili will face No. 3 seed Viktor Troicki in the second round, and will attempt to overcome a 0-3 FedEx Head2Head record against the Serb.

Russian Andrey Kuznetsov will join his compatriot in the second round. The 24 year old saved two of three break points faced to defeat Moldova’s Radu Albot 6-4, 6-2 in 79 minutes.

Daniel Gimeno-Traver ousted No. 7 seed Joao Sousa 7-6(2), 4-6, 7-5 after two hours and 14 minutes to move into the second round. The Spaniard saved a break point at 5-5 in the deciding set, then broke the Portuguese’s serve minutes later to secure the win.