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yRio Open: Galan reaches second round
Daniel Elahi Galan defeated Pedro Cachin 7-6 (4), 6-4 on Tuesday evening. He’ll face the winner of the match between Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas, the No 7 seed, and Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the next round
Colombia’s Daniel Elahi Galan
Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan won against Argentinian Pedro Cachin 7-6 (4), 6-4 to reach the second round of the Rio Open at the Jockey Club Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday evening.
Galan, ranked No 88, will face the winner of the match between Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas, the No 7 seed, and Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry 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
- Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Cameron Norrie (2) beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo (LL): 7-5, 6-1
- Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Francisco Cerundolo: tuesday
- 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
