Hamburg, Germany -- (Sports Network) - Fourth-seeded Russian star Nikolay Davydenko and fifth-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer were easy second-round winners Tuesday at the $2.955 million Masters Series Hamburg, a clay-court French Open tuneup.

The gritty Davydenko drilled former top-10 Croat Ivan Ljubicic 6-4, 6-1, while the 2007 Tennis Masters Cup runner-up Ferrer handled Czech lucky-loser Ivo Minar 6-3, 6-3 on Day 3 at Rothenbaum.

Davydenko and Ferrer were joined in the third round by Spanish southpaw Fernando Verdasco, who drubbed French lefthander Michael Llodra 6-2, 6-0. Verdasco will meet his fellow Spaniard Ferrer in the round of 16.

A second-round upset occurred when Italian Andreas Seppi subdued eighth-seeded Frenchman Richard Gasquet 6-3, 6-2. Gasquet reached the Hamburg final in 2005.

In opening-round play, 11th-seeded Spaniard Carlos Moya came from behind to beat French qualifier Julien Benneteau 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (9-7) and 13th-seeded Spaniard Tommy Robredo snuck past heavy German crowd favorite Philipp Kohlschreiber 2-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3. Robredo titled here two years ago.

Last week's Italian Masters runner-up Stanislas Wawrinka stayed hot by dousing Spanish qualifier Alberto Martin 6-3, 6-3. The Swiss Wawrinka is quietly up to No. 10 in the world rankings.

In some other first-round action, Finn Jarkko Nieminen shut down German wild card Rainer Schuettler 6-1, 6-3; Swede Robin Soderling overcame Russian Igor Andreev 4-6, 6-3, 6-3; Serbian Janko Tipsarevic came back to top German wild card Andreas Beck 3-6, 6-3, 6-1; Argentine Jose Acasuso erased Belgian lucky- loser Kristof Vliegen 5-2; and Italian Potito Starace dismissed Peruvian qualifier Luis Horna 6-3, 4-2. Vliegen retired with a back injury against Acasuso, while Horna succumbed to a calf problem versus Starace, who is rewarded with a second-rounder against Spanish clay-court king Rafael Nadal. Nieminen should have his hands full with world No. 1 superstar Roger Federer here on Wednesday. Federer is a perfect 8-0 lifetime against the Finnish lefthander.

Federer beat the three-time French Open champion Nadal in last year's Hamburg finale to record his fourth title here in six years (2002, 2004-05, 2007).

Also on Wednesday, third-seeded Serb Novak Djokovic, fresh off his title in Rome, will encounter Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela. The high-flying Djokovic beat Wawrinka in last week's final in Rome, captured the Australian Open back in January and was last year's U.S. Open runner-up to Federer.