BASEL, Switzerland — Marcel Granollers of Spain defeated Marcos Baghdatis 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 in the first round of the Swiss Indoors today.

Baghdatis, bothered all season by injuries, needed treatment to his back during the match. The 23-year-old also missed matches due to a wrist injury. He was ranked as high as No.14 in April, and went into the match against Granollers ranked 43rd.

The 22-year-old Granollers won his only tour title at Houston in April, beating James Blake in the final.

Also, Jarkko Nieminen of Finland defeated Argentina's Eduardo Schwank 6-2, 6-4, and Belgian qualifier Kristof Vliegen beat wild card entry Philipp Petzschner of Germany 6-2, 6-3.

In second round matches, sixth-seeded Russian Igor Andreev needed more than 2› hours to overcome Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6 (6), 6-7 (0), 7-5. Benjamin Becker beat his fellow German Andreas Beck 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.