Auckland Open: Acosta eliminates Norrie in first round

Argentinian lucky loser Facundo Diaz Acosta moved into the second round of the Auckland Open by defeating Cameron Norrie 6-2, 6-3 at the ASB Tennis Arena on Tuesday.

Acosta, ranked No 78, will face No 3 seed Sebastian Baez next.

Auckland ATP 250, other first-round results (ASB Tennis Arena, hard, USD 766.290, most recent results first):

• Alexandre Muller vs. Jakub Mensik
• Nishesh Basavareddy vs. Francisco Comesana
• Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Gael Monfils
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Yunchaokete Bu
• Gabriel Diallo vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Luca Nardi (Q) beat Flavio Cobolli (6): 6-2, 1-1 ret.
• Mariano Navone vs. Adrian Mannarino: monday
• Alex Michelsen (8) beat Sumit Nagal (Q): 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-2
• Zizou Bergs (Q) beat Isaac Becroft (WC): 6-3, 7-5
• Roberto Carballes Baena beat Daniel Altmaier (LL): 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
• Nuno Borges (7) beat Luciano Darderi: 5-7, 6-3, 7-5

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