Rio Open: Lajovic takes out slumping Schwartzman

Serb Dusan Lajovic reached the second round of the Rio Open by defeating Argentinian Diego Schwartzman, the No 5 seed, 6-1, 6-4 at the Jockey Club Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday evening.

Lajovic, ranked No 80, will play Serb Laslo Djere next.

38th-ranked Schwartzman, the 2018 Rio champion, has now lost five of six matches in 2023.

Rio de Janeiro ATP500, other first-round results (Jockey Club Brasileiro, clay, USD 2.013.940, most recent results first):

• Thomaz Bellucci vs. Sebastian Baez
• Fabio Fognini vs. Tomas Barrios Vera
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Mateus De Carvalho Cardoso Alves
• Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry: wednesday
• Jaume Munar vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles: wednesday
• Cameron Norrie (2) beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo (LL): 7-5, 6-1
• Francisco Cerundolo (4) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Daniel Elahi Galan beat Pedro Cachin: 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Juan Pablo Varillas beat Hugo Gaston (Q): 7-5, 6-4
• Nicolas Jarry (Q) beat Lorenzo Musetti (3): 6-4, 6-1
• Laslo Djere beat Facundo Bagnis (Q): 6-2, 3-2 ret.
• Thiago Monteiro beat Dominic Thiem: 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (2)
• Hugo Dellien beat João Sousa: 6-0, 6-2
• Alex Molcan (9) beat Joao Fonseca (WC): 6-0, 6-3
• Pedro Martinez beat Cristian Garin: 7-6, 6-4

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