Cerundolo stays hot with Rio Open win over Gaston

Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo, the No 4 seed, advanced to the second round of the Rio Open by beating Frenchman Hugo Gaston 7-6 (9), 6-0 at the Jockey Club Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday night.

There were a whopping nine service breaks — six going to the recent Buenos Aires runner-up — over the course of one hour and 41 minutes.

Cerundolo, ranked No 26, will next play Italian Luciano Darderi.

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

• Jaime Faria (LL) beat Tomas Barrios Vera (Q): 6-2, 7-5
• 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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