Monteiro secures spot in Santiago second round

Brazilian Thiago Monteiro advanced to the second round of the Chile Open by edging out Argentinian qualifier Juan Manuel Cerundolo 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (2) at the Club Universidad Católica de San Carlos de Apoquindo in Santiago de Chile on Tuesday evening.

The left-hander came back from a break down in the third set to prevail after two hours and 51 minutes.

Monteiro, ranked No 108, will next play the winner of a match between Chilean Nicolas Jarry, the No 7 seed, and Argentinian Camilo Ugo Carabelli.

Santiago de Chile ATP 250, other first-round results (Club Universidad Católica de San Carlos de Apoquindo, clay, USD 680.140, most recent results first):

• Federico Coria vs. Tomas Barrios Vera
• Felipe Meligeni Alves vs. Francisco Comesana
• Mariano Navone vs. Alexander Shevchenko: tuesday
• Jaime Faria beat Luciano Darderi (8): 6-3, 6-4
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Camilo Ugo Carabelli: tuesday
• Damir Dzumhur beat Corentin Moutet: 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry (5) beat Hugo Gaston: 6-2, 6-3
• Cristian Garin (WC) beat Juan Pablo Ficovich (Q): 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Gustavo Heide (Q) beat Thiago Seyboth Wild: 7-5, 6-2
• Laslo Djere beat Ignacio Buse (WC): 6-3, 6-4
• Yannick Hanfmann beat Facundo Diaz Acosta: 7-5, 6-3

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