BASEL, Switzerland, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Defending champion Novak Djokovic got off to a good start Tuesday at the Swiss Indoors, dispatching Latvia's Ernests Gulbis 6-4, 6-2, in the first round.
The second-seeded Djokovic wasted little time with Gulbis and now goes on to face either Jarkko Nieminen of Finland or Germany's Daniel Brands at Basel, Switzerland.