Shevchenko first player into Rio Open second round
Alexander Shevchenko made quick work of Felipe Meligeni on Monday in Rio de Janeiro. Shevchenko awaits either Alexander Zverev or Bu Yunchaokete in the second round.
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Alexander Shevchenko reached the second round of the Rio Open by beating Brazilian wild card Felipe Meligeni Alves 6-4, 6-2 at the Jockey Club Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro on Monday afternoon.
The Kazakh blasted 10 aces and broke his opponent a whopping six times in two sets.
Shevchenko, ranked No 103, will next play the winner of the match between top-seeded German Alexander Zverev and China’s Bu Yunchaokete.
Rio de Janeiro ATP 500, other first-round results:
- Tomas Barrios Vera vs. Jaime Faria
- Dusan Lajovic vs. Damir Dzumhur
- Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Camilo Ugo Carabelli
- Mariano Navone vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- Sebastian Baez vs. Sumit Nagal
- Corentin Moutet vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Joao Fonseca vs. Alexandre Muller
- Luciano Darderi vs. Hugo Dellien
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Hugo Gaston
- Alexander Zverev vs. Yunchaokete Bu
- Jaume Munar vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
- Chun-Hsin Tseng vs. Alejandro Tabilo
- Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Thiago Monteiro
- Gustavo Heide vs. Francisco Comesana
- Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs. Nicolas Jarry
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