Tseng upsets Tabilo in Rio de Janeiro
Chun-Hsin Tseng ousted No 3 seed Alejandro Tabilo 6-2, 7-5 on Monday in Rio de Janeiro. Next up for Tseng is an all-useeded showdown against Thiago Monteiro.
Chun-Hsin Tseng, Verona 2023
Chun-Hsin Tseng advanced to the second round of the Rio Open by knocking off Chilean Alejandro Tabilo, the No 3 seed, 6-2, 7-5 at the Jockey Club Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro on Monday night.
The qualifier struck six aces to Tabilo’s zero while advancing in one hour and 36 minutes.
Tseng, ranked No 125, will face Brazil’s Thiago Monteiro for a spot in the quarter-finals. Monteiro advanced earlier on Monday with a three-set victory over Facundo Diaz Acosta.
Tabilo, ranked No 28, has not yet won a single match this season (0-5).
Rio de Janeiro ATP 500, other first-round results:
- Joao Fonseca vs. Alexandre Muller
- Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Camilo Ugo Carabelli
- Alexander Zverev vs. Yunchaokete Bu
- Tomas Barrios Vera vs. Jaime Faria
- Mariano Navone vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Hugo Gaston
- Dusan Lajovic vs. Damir Dzumhur
- Sebastian Baez vs. Sumit Nagal
- Corentin Moutet vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Luciano Darderi vs. Hugo Dellien
- Jaume Munar vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild:
- Thiago Monteiro beat Facundo Diaz Acosta: 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Francisco Comesana beat Gustavo Heide (WC): 7-6 (2), 6-7 (7), 6-3
- Nicolas Jarry (6) beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Alexander Shevchenko beat Felipe Meligeni Alves (WC): 6-4, 6-2
