Rome Masters: Martinez Portero books spot in second round

Spaniard Pedro Martinez Portero won against Italian Mattia Bellucci 6-4, 6-2 to reach the second round of the Rome Masters at the Foro Italico on Thursday evening.

Martinez Portero, ranked No 49, will face No 30 seed Hubert Hurkacz next.

Roma Masters 1000, other first-round results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 8.055.385, most recent results first):

• Learner Tien vs. Reilly Opelka: thursday
• Jacob Fearnley beat Fabio Fognini (WC): 6-2, 6-3
• Sebastian Ofner (Q) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-3, 0-0 ret.
• Marcos Giron beat Gabriel Diallo: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Alexander Bublik beat Roman Safiullin: 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Matteo Gigante (WC) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4)
• Luca Nardi (WC) beat Flavio Cobolli: 6-3, 6-4
• Jaume Munar beat Tomas Barrios Vera (Q): 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
• Thiago Seyboth Wild (Q) beat Nuno Borges: 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
• Fabian Marozsan beat Joao Fonseca: 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Mariano Navone beat Federico Cina (WC): 6-3, 6-3
• Roberto Bautista Agut beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-4, 6-3
• Aleksandar Vukic beat Nicolas Moreno De Alboran (Q): 7-6 (2), 6-2
• Nicolas Jarry beat Hugo Gaston: 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Jesper De Jong (LL) beat Alexander Shevchenko (Q): 6-2, 6-4
• Luciano Darderi beat Yunchaokete Bu: 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Vilius Gaubas (Q) beat Damir Dzumhur: 7-6 (3), 2-6, 6-4
• Otto Virtanen (Q) beat Hamad Medjedovic: 6-4, 6-4
• Laslo Djere beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-3, 6-2
• Francesco Passaro (WC) beat Chun-Hsin Tseng (Q): 6-0, 2-6, 6-3
• Cameron Norrie (LL) beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-3, 6-2
• Dusan Lajovic (Q) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 7-5, 6-1
• Roman Andres Burruchaga (Q) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-2, 6-3
• Vit Kopriva (Q) beat Quentin Halys: 6-4, 6-3
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
• Carlos Taberner (Q) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 6-3, 1-6, 7-5
• Camilo Ugo Carabelli beat Pablo Carreno Busta (LL): 6-2, 1-6, 6-3
• Alexandre Muller beat Jiri Lehecka: 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Jordan Thompson beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard: 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Francisco Comesana beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-1, 7-5
• Corentin Moutet beat Rinky Hijikata: 3-6, 6-1, 7-5