Defending champion Baez off to winning start in Rio de Janeiro
Sebastian Baez began his Rio Open title defense by beating Roman Andres Burruchaga in straight sets on Tuesday
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No 5 seed Sebastian Baez beat lucky loser Roman Andres Burruchaga 6-3, 7-5 to move into the second round of the Rio Open at the Jockey Club Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday evening.
The Argentine, who is the defending champion at this ATP 500 in Rio, advanced after one hour and 37 minutes.
Baez, ranked No 31, will next play the winner of a match between Argentina’s Mariano Navone and Spain’s Roberto Carballes Baena.
Rio de Janeiro ATP 500, other first-round matches:
- Damir Dzumhur beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-3, 6-4
- 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
- Tomas Barrios Vera vs. Jaime Faria
- Mariano Navone vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Hugo Gaston
- Corentin Moutet vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
