Andreas Seppi beats Nikolay Davydenko in Paris

Andreas Seppi is through to the second round of the Paris Masters after progressing past Nikolay Davydenko in straight sets.

The Italian beat the former world number three 7-6 7-5 to set up a second round tie with ninth seed Nicolas Almagro.

With only ten world ranking places separating the two player, a tight match was anticipated as Seppi took the first set tie-break 7-2.

Seppi then broke the Russian early in the second set but Daydenko fought back to level the scores at 5-5.

However Seppi came strong again to win two straight games and take the second set 7-5 to progress into the next round.