Rio Open: Francisco Cerundolo powers into second round

Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 4 seed, moved into the second round of the Rio Open by defeating Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 at the Jockey Club Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday evening.

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Cerundolo, ranked No 33, will face the winner of the match between Jaume Munar and Bernabe Zapata Miralles next.

Rio de Janeiro ATP500, other first-round results (Jockey Club Brasileiro, clay, USD 2.013.940, most recent results first):

• Thomaz Bellucci vs. Sebastian Baez
• Jaume Munar vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles
• Dusan Lajovic vs. Diego Schwartzman
• Fabio Fognini vs. Tomas Barrios Vera
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Mateus Alves: tuesday
• Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry: tuesday
• Cameron Norrie (2) beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo (LL): 7-5, 6-1
• Daniel Elahi Galan beat Pedro Cachin: 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Juan Pablo Varillas beat Hugo Gaston (Q): 7-5, 6-4
• Nicolas Jarry (Q) beat Lorenzo Musetti (3): 6-4, 6-1
• Laslo Djere beat Facundo Bagnis (Q): 6-2, 3-2 ret.
• Thiago Monteiro beat Dominic Thiem: 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (2)
• Hugo Dellien beat João Sousa: 6-0, 6-2
• Alex Molcan (9) beat Joao Fonseca (WC): 6-0, 6-3
• Pedro Martinez beat Cristian Garin: 7-6, 6-4