Rio Open: Lajovic takes out slumping Schwartzman
Dusan Lajovic beat Diego Schwartzman 6-1, 6-4 on Wednesday evening and will play Serb Laslo Djere in the next round
Tennis – ATP Cup – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, February 2, 2021 Serbia’s Dusan Lajovic reacts during his group stage match against Canada’s Milos Raonic
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Serb Dusan Lajovic reached the second round of the Rio Open by defeating Argentinian Diego Schwartzman, the No 5 seed, 6-1, 6-4 at the Jockey Club Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday evening.
Lajovic, ranked No 80, will play Serb Laslo Djere next.
38th-ranked Schwartzman, the 2018 Rio champion, has now lost five of six matches in 2023.
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
- Fabio Fognini vs. Tomas Barrios Vera
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Mateus De Carvalho Cardoso Alves
- Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry: wednesday
- Jaume Munar vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles: wednesday
- Cameron Norrie (2) beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo (LL): 7-5, 6-1
- Francisco Cerundolo (4) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
- 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
