Rio Open: Darderi gets a retirement from Dellien
Hugo Dellien retired in the second set of his first-round match against Luciano Darderi on Tuesday. Darderi advances to play against either Francisco Cerundolo or Hugo Gaston
Luciano Darderi – Imago / Panoramic
Luciano Darderi reached the second round of the Rio Open when Hugo Dellien retired at the Jockey Club Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday evening. Darderi led 7-6 (2), 2-2 when the qualifier called it quits.
Dellien was playing with a significant amount of tape above his left knee.
The 61st-ranked Italian will next face the winner of a match between Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 4 seed, and Frenchman Hugo Gaston.
Rio de Janeiro ATP 500, other first-round matches (Jockey Club Brasileiro, clay, USD 2,396,115):
- Jaume Munar beat Thiago Seyboth Wild: 6-4, 3-6, 6-0
- Chun-Hsin Tseng (Q) beat Alejandro Tabilo (3): 6-2, 7-5
- Thiago Monteiro (WC) beat Facundo Diaz Acosta: 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Francisco Comesana beat Gustavo Heide (WC): 7-6 (2), 6-7 (7), 6-3
- Nicolas Jarry (6) beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Alexander Shevchenko beat Felipe Meligeni Alves (WC): 6-4, 6-2
- Joao Fonseca vs. Alexandre Muller
- Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Camilo Ugo Carabelli
- Alexander Zverev vs. Yunchaokete Bu
- Tomas Barrios Vera vs. Jaime Faria
- Mariano Navone vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Hugo Gaston
- Dusan Lajovic vs. Damir Dzumhur:
- Sebastian Baez vs. Roman Andres Burruchaga
- Corentin Moutet vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
