It took top seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfred Tsonga 58 minutes and a loss of 5 games to dispatch Brazilian Thiago Alves' challenge to move to the next round with a quick 6-4, 6-1 win. He was later joined by the other seeds, with second seed Spaniard David Ferrer crushing Dudi Sela 6-2, 6--0 and fifth seed Jeremy Chardy winning his match against Jiri Vanek of Czech Republic 6-0, 6-4 in just over an hour. Seventh seed Kristof Vliegan also moved to the next round with a victory over qualifier Ross Hutchins 7-6(3), 6-4.

Other winners on Day two included Denis Istomin, Ivo Minar, Frederico Gil and Marco Chiudinelli who all moved to round of 16 with contrasting wins.