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Blaz Kavcic of Slovenia and fifth seed Carlos Berlocq of Argentina progressed to the second round of the 2012 Croatia Open in Umag on Tuesday.

Kavcic handed a 6-2, 6-2 win to Croatia's Antonio Veic and Berlocq completed a 6-4, 6-0 win over another local favourite, Ivan Dodig.

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The first round of the Croatia Open continued in Umag, Croatia on Tuesday.

Blaz Kavcic taking the first set 6-2 off Antonio Veic.

The Slovenian found little resistance against Croatian local favourite, Kavcic closing out a 6-2, 6-2 win to progress easily to the next round.

Another Croatian, Ivan Dodig, was in action later in the day.

But he wasn't able to keep up with fifth-seed Carlos Berlocq in the first set, the Argentine taking it 6-4.

Dodig never recovered and succumbed to a crushing defeat, losing the match 6-4, 6-0.