DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic reached the second round of the Dubai Championships by beating Michael Llorda of France 6-3, 6-3 Tuesday in his first match since winning his second Grand Slam title.

Also, seventh-seed Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus retired against Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan because of the flu while trailing 4-0 in the first set, and Nikolay Davydenko of Russia defeated Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 6-2, 6-0.