Rio Open: Darderi gets a retirement from Dellien

Luciano Darderi reached the second round of the Rio Open when Hugo Dellien retired at the Jockey Club Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday evening. Darderi led 7-6 (2), 2-2 when the qualifier called it quits.

Dellien was playing with a significant amount of tape above his left knee.

The 61st-ranked Italian will next face the winner of a match between Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 4 seed, and Frenchman Hugo Gaston.

Rio de Janeiro ATP 500, other first-round matches (Jockey Club Brasileiro, clay, USD 2,396,115):

• Jaume Munar beat Thiago Seyboth Wild: 6-4, 3-6, 6-0
• Chun-Hsin Tseng (Q) beat Alejandro Tabilo (3): 6-2, 7-5
• Thiago Monteiro (WC) beat Facundo Diaz Acosta: 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Francisco Comesana beat Gustavo Heide (WC): 7-6 (2), 6-7 (7), 6-3
• Nicolas Jarry (6) beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Alexander Shevchenko beat Felipe Meligeni Alves (WC): 6-4, 6-2
• Joao Fonseca vs. Alexandre Muller
• Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Camilo Ugo Carabelli
• Alexander Zverev vs. Yunchaokete Bu
• Tomas Barrios Vera vs. Jaime Faria
• Mariano Navone vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Hugo Gaston
• Dusan Lajovic vs. Damir Dzumhur:
• Sebastian Baez vs. Roman Andres Burruchaga
• Corentin Moutet vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry

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