Cerundolo stays hot with Rio Open win over Gaston
Coming off a runner-up performance in Buenos Aires, Cerundolo defeated Hugo Gaston in straight sets on Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro
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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
