Rio Open: Baez moves into second round

Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 5 seed, defeated French qualifier Corentin Moutet 6-4, 6-3 to move into the second round of the Rio Open at the Jockey Club Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday night.

Baez, ranked No 30, will play the winner of the match between Argentinian Facundo Diaz Acosta and Swiss Stan Wawrinka next.

Rio de Janeiro ATP 500, other first-round results (Jockey Club Brasileiro, clay, USD 2.100.230, most recent results first):

• Arthur Fils vs. Joao Fonseca
• Yannick Hanfmann vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Federico Coria vs. Mariano Navone
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Cristian Garin
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Thiago Monteiro
• Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Stan Wawrinka: tuesday
• Dusan Lajovic vs. Daniel Elahi Galan: tuesday
• Felipe Meligeni Alves vs. Pedro Cachin: tuesday
• Jaume Munar beat Sebastian Ofner (8): 6-3, 6-1
• Thiago Seyboth Wild beat Alejandro Tabilo: 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Laslo Djere (6) beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-3, 6-1
• Cameron Norrie (2) beat Hugo Dellien: 6-3, 6-2
• Tomas Barrios Vera beat Gustavo Heide (WC): 7-5, 6-3
• Albert Ramos-Vinolas beat Juan Pablo Varillas: 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
• Francisco Cerundolo (4) beat Francisco Comesana (Q): 6-1, 1-6, 6-2

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