Navone crushes Shevchenko in Santiago opener

Argentina’s Mariano Navone, the No 6 seed, cruised past Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko 6-2, 6-2 to reach the second round of the Chile Open at the Club Universidad Católica de San Carlos de Apoquindo in Santiago de Chile on Tuesday afternoon.

Navone, ranked No 64, will next face Bosnia’s Damir Dzumhur.

Santiago de Chile ATP 250, other first-round results:

• Federico Coria vs. Tomas Barrios Vera
• Felipe Meligeni Alves vs. Francisco Comesana: tuesday
• Jaime Faria beat Luciano Darderi (8): 6-3, 6-4
• Camilo Ugo Carabelli beat Nicolas Jarry (7): 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (9)
• Thiago Monteiro beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo (Q): 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (2)
• 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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