Marathon day at Rio Open ends with Tseng beating Monteiro

Qualifier Chun-Hsin Tseng reached the last eight of the Rio Open by edging out wild card Thiago Monteiro 6-7 (4), 6-3, 7-6 (4) at the Jockey Club Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday night.

Well, it was actually Thursday morning.

The match lasted three hours and 30 minutes, and ended after 2:30 am.

Tseng will face No 5 seed Sebastian Baez next. The world No 125 previously ousted Alejandro Tabilo, the No 3 seed, 6-2, 7-5.

Monteiro, who beat Facundo Diaz Acosta 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3) in round one, was the last Brazilian remaining in the draw.

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

• Alexandre Muller vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Luciano Darderi
• Camilo Ugo Carabelli vs. Damir Dzumhur
• Jaume Munar vs. Jaime Faria
• Alexander Zverev (1) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 7-6 (1), 7-6 (6)
• Sebastian Baez beat Mariano Navone: 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
• Francisco Comesana beat Nicolas Jarry (6): 7-6 (4), 6-7 (1), 7-6 (6)

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