
Bennani, seeded No. 14, won in two sets 7-6 (7-5), 6-4.
He had won his ticket for the second round by beating, on Monday, Frenchman Raphael Vaksmann in 6-3, 6-3.
For a spot in the quarter-finals, the young Moroccan tennisman will face Frenchman Moise Kouame, who eliminated Romanian Luca Preda (N.4) in three sets 6-3, 0-6, 6-4.