Los Cabos Open: Vukic sets up Tsitsipas clash in second round

Australian Aleksandar Vukic moved into the second round of the Los Cabos Open by defeating 18-year-old Mexican wildcard Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez 7-6 (5), 7-6 (10) at the Cabo del Mar Sports Center on Tuesday.

Vukic, ranked No 72, will play second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas next.

Los Cabos ATP 250, other first-round matches (Cabo del Mar Sports Center, hard, USD 915.245):

• Marcos Giron beat Taro Daniel: 6-4, 7-5
• Emilio Nava (Q) beat Diego Schwartzman (WC): 6-4, 6-3
• Yoshihito Nishioka beat Flavio Cobolli (Q): 6-1, 6-0
• Rinky Hijikata beat Miomir Kecmanovic (6): 6-3, 7-6 (2)
• Nuno Borges beat Dominik Koepfer: 7-6 (2), 6-2
• Jordan Thompson (8) beat Ernesto Escobedo (WC): 6-4, 6-3
• Thanasi Kokkinakis beat Jack Draper: 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Aleksandar Kovacevic (Q) beat Brandon Holt (Q): 6-1, 6-4
• Max Purcell (7) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
• Alex Michelsen beat Constant Lestienne: 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Daniel Evans beat Roman Safiullin (5): 6-2, 6-4