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yRio 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
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
