KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - Canada's Vasek Pospisil and Frenchman Julien Benneteau were second-round winners Wednesday at the Malaysian Open.

Pospisil, of Vancouver, topped American qualifier Michael Yani 6-3, 7-5, while the seventh-seeded Benneteau posted a 7-5, 6-2 win over Australian Matthew Ebden.

The first round concluded Wednesday and fifth-seeded Spaniard Feliciano Lopez beat Slovakia's Lukas Lacko 6-3, 7-6 (7-3). Lopez's countryman, sixth seed Pablo Andujar, was ousted by Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 6-3, 6-2.

Russians Nikolay Davydenko and Alex Bogomolov, Jr. were also first-round winners. Davydenko got past Indian lucky loser Sanam Singh 7-5, 6-4, and Bogomolov came away with a 7-5, 6-3 triumph over British qualifier Dominic Inglot.

Colombia's Alejandro Falla moved on after American Rajeev Ram retired with a hamstring injury. Ram was trailing 7-6 (7-4), 4-2 when he pulled out of the match.

The 2012 winner of this $850,000 tournament will claim $153,400.