Morocco's El Aynaoui makes it to 2nd round of Doha tennis tournament

Morocco's sixth-seeded Younes Al Aynaoui advanced on Monday to the 2nd round of Doha tennis tournament after beating French Cedrine Pioline in two sets.

The Qatar tournament, part of the ATP, is worth US$ 1 million.

In other encounters of the first round, first seeded Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia beat Daniel Vacek of the Czech Republic 7-6 (0), 6-4.

Also advancing were fifth-seeded Bohdan Ulihrach of the Czech Republic who defeated Galo Blanco of Spain and eighth-seeded Felix Mantilla of Spain who ousted Cristiano Caratti of Italy.

Also, Franco Squillari of Argentina stopped Sargis Sargsian of Armenia; Nikolay Davydenko of Russia downed compatriot Mikhail Youzhny and Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden topped Jan Vacek of the Czech Republic.