Cordoba Open: Darderi wins his first match on the ATP Tour, defeating Gaston

Italian Luciano Darderi, aged 20, won against Frenchman Hugo Gaston 6-4, 6-3 to reach the second round of the Cordoba Open at the Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes on Tuesday night.

Darderi, ranked No 140, will face No 4 seed Sebastian Baez next.

Cordoba ATP250, other first-round matches (Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, clay, USD 642.735, most recent results first):

• Facundo Bagnis vs. Marco Cecchinato
• João Sousa vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Hugo Dellien vs. Pedro Cachin
• Guido Pella vs. Andrea Vavassori
• Federico Delbonis vs. Alejandro Tabilo
• Pedro Martinez vs. Cristian Garin
• Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Tomas Barrios Vera
• Federico Coria vs. Thiago Monteiro
• Juan Manuel Cerundolo (WC) beat Pablo Andujar: 6-4, 1-0 ret.
• Dusan Lajovic beat Juan Pablo Varillas: 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Bernabe Zapata Miralles (8) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-7 (6), 6-3, 7-5