Mexican Open: Lajovic reaches second round, meets Ruud next
Dusan Lajovic beat Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez 6-2, 6-2 on Tuesday. He’ll face Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 6 seed, in the next round
Dusan Lajovic in Rio 2023 (Fotoarena/Panoramic)
Serbia’s Dusan Lajovic advanced to the second round of the Mexican Open by beating Mexican wildcard Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez 6-2, 6-2 at the Princess Mundo Imperial Resort in Acapulco on Tuesday.
Lajovic, ranked No 55, will play Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 6 seed, next.
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Acapulco ATP 500, other first-round matches (Princess Mundo Imperial Resort, hard, USD 2206,080):
- Aleksandar Kovacevic (Q) beat Jordan Thompson: 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
- Casper Ruud beat Christopher Eubanks: 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3
- Holger Rune (2) beat Michael Mmoh (Q): 6-2, 6-3
- Dominik Koepfer beat Terence Atmane (Q): 6-4, 4-6, 6-0
- Frances Tiafoe (8) beat Max Purcell: 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) beat Roman Safiullin: 6-3, 6-4
- Flavio Cobolli (Q) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime: 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Matteo Arnaldi beat Taylor Fritz (4): 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
- Alex De Minaur (3) beat Taro Daniel: 6-2, 6-1
- Yoshihito Nishioka (LL) beat Nuno Borges: 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Sebastian Ofner beat Ernesto Escobedo (WC): 6-7 (7), 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Ben Shelton beat Daniel Evans: 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5)
- Jack Draper beat Tommy Paul (7): 6-0, 6-4
- Miomir Kecmanovic beat Diego Schwartzman (WC): 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
- Alexander Zverev vs. Daniel Altmaier
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