Second seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic made a less-than-perfect start to his opening round match at the 2010 Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, being played here in the desert city of Dubai, UAE.

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The Serbian started the match on a good note and pocketed a quick break for a 2-0 lead. However, with an immediate break-back, Garcia-Lopez levelled the opener. The decisive break came in the tenth game when Djokovic took the opening set 6-4.

The second set saw Djokovic break Garcia-Lopez twice to race to a 5-0 lead, just to be broken back right away. At 4-5 though, Garcia-Lopez failed to make a comeback and lost the 6-4, 6-4 match to bow out of the event.

In another exciting match, Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis took out eighth seed Gilles Simon 7-6(3), 6-4 to make it to the next round. The mighty Cypriot fired 14 aces en-route to the straight sets victory.

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Other winners of the day included Viktor Troicki, Ivan Ljubicic, Stefan Koubek and Jurgen Melzer, who all registered contrasting wins over their respective opponents to move ahead in the draw.