Rune punches ticket to Acapulco second round

Dane Holger Rune, the No 4 seed, defeated Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena 7-6 (4), 6-3 to advance to the second round of the Mexican Open at the Arena GNP Seguros in Acapulco on Tuesday night.

Rune, ranked No 13, will next play the winner of a match between Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi and American Brandon Nakashima.

Acapulco ATP 500, other first-round results (Arena GNP Seguros, hard, USD 2.585.410, most recent results first):

• Frances Tiafoe vs. Alexandre Muller
• Alex Michelsen vs. Yunchaokete Bu
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Nishesh Basavareddy
• Benjamin Bonzi vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Alexander Zverev vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez:
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Mattia Bellucci:
• Tommy Paul (3) beat Gabriel Diallo (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Learner Tien (Q) beat Cameron Norrie: 7-6 (5), 6-3
• David Goffin beat Rinky Hijikata: 6-2, 6-3
• Marcos Giron beat Adam Walton (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Ben Shelton (5) beat Flavio Cobolli: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4)
• Casper Ruud (2) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 6-4, 6-3
• Tomas Machac (8) beat Jakub Mensik: 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
• Daniel Altmaier (WC) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 4-6, 6-4, 6-3

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