Los Cabos Open: Johnson through to second round

American Steve Johnson beat Argentinian lucky loser Gonzalo Villanueva 7-6 (1), 6-4 to advance to the second round of the Los Cabos Open at the Cabo del Mar Sports Center on Tuesday.

Johnson, ranked No 92, will play the winner of the match between Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis, the No 7 seed, and Spaniard Fernando Verdasco next.

Los Cabos ATP 250, first-round matches (Cabo del Mar Sports Center, hard, USD 920.625, most recent results first):

• Radu Albot beat Feliciano López (WC): 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3
• Juan Alejandro Hernandez (WC) beat Nicolas Barrientos (LL): 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Jason Kubler beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (8): 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-1
• Facundo Bagnis beat Ernesto Escobedo: 6-3, 6-1
• Max Purcell (Q) beat Henri Laaksonen: 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
• Chun-Hsin Tseng beat Nick Chappell (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Rinky Hijikata (Q) beat Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez (WC): 6-3, 4-0 ret.
• Ricardas Berankis beat Quentin Halys (9): 7-6 (1), 7-5
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Fernando Verdasco
• Yannick Hanfmann vs. Jordan Thompson
• Kaichi Uchida vs. Brandon Nakashima