Led by top-seed David Ferrer of Spain, seeded players had an easy day on Tuesday as almost all moved through to the second round of the claycourt Copa Claro tennis event.

Ferrer had no trouble beating Argentine Andres Molteni 6-1 6-0.

“I’m happy to get out of the first round, and I think he (Molteni) was a little nervous,” Ferrer said.

Molteni had plenty of support from local fans, who were hoping for some revenge for Spain’s victory over Argentina last year in the Davis Cup final in Seville.

“I like fans supporting the local players,” Ferrer said. “It’s the normal thing to do and, personally, I like it.”

Spanish second seed Nicolas Almagro advanced against Potito Starace of Italy 4-6 6-3 7-6 (7-4), and No.3 Gilles Simon of France defeated Portugal’s Rui Machad 6-3 7-5.

No.5 Juan Monaco of Argentina moved on when Italy’s Filippo Volandri retired in the second set with an injury. Monaco was leading 6-1 3-1.

Seventh-seeded Fernando Verdasco of Spain also reached the next round, beating Frenchman Eric Prodon 6-4 6-1.

The biggest upset came when eighth-seeded Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina lost to Spain’s Albert Ramos 4-6 6-3 6-4.

Home favorite David Nalbandian defeated Wayne Odesnik of the United States 6-2 6-3.

“Always playing at home is special,” Nalbandian said. “It was a little windy out there today and the ball was moving around a bit.”

In other matches, Benoit Paire of France defeated Spaniard Javier Marti 2-6 7-6 (7-0) 6-2, Igor Andreev of Russia won over Slovenia’s Blaz Kavcic 6-2 6-2 and Federico Delbonis of Argentina defeated Portugal’s Frederico Gil 6-2 6-2.