Faria takes advantage of lucky-loser spot in Rio de Janeiro

Portuguese lucky loser Jaime Faria got the best of Chilean qualifier Tomas Barrios Vera 6-2, 7-5 to advance to the second round of the Rio Open at the Jockey Club Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday night.

Faria, ranked No 107, will next meet Spaniard Jaume Munar.

Rio de Janeiro ATP 500, other first-round matches:

• Francisco Cerundolo (4) beat Hugo Gaston: 7-6 (9), 6-0
• Mariano Navone beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-4, 6-3
• Damir Dzumhur beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-3, 6-4
• Sebastian Baez (5) beat Roman Andres Burruchaga (LL): 6-3, 7-5
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry (8) beat Corentin Moutet: 6-3, 7-6 (1)
• Luciano Darderi beat Hugo Dellien (Q): 7-6 (2), 2-2 ret.
• 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

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