KITZBUEHEL, Austria — Second-seeded Jurgen Melzer of Austria won 11 straight games Tuesday to beat Frederico Gil of Portugal 6-3, 6-0 in the first round of the Austrian Open.

Melzer, ranked at a career-high No. 26, will next play 2006 champion Agustin Calleri of Argentina.

Also, Julien Benneteau of France defeated eighth-seeded Dudi Sela of Israel 7-5, 6-1, and Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo of Spain downed Mario Ancic of Croatia 6-4, 6-3.

Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko withdrew earlier Tuesday due to a muscle injury in his left leg.