US Clay Court Championships: Etcheverry beats Cerundolo to reach second round

No 8 seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry moved into the second round of the US Clay Court Championships by defeating Juan Manuel Cerundolo 6-3, 6-4 at River Oaks Country Club in Houston on Tuesday.

Etcheverry, ranked No 73, will play the winner of the match between Australian Max Purcell and German Daniel Altmaier next.

Houston ATP250, other first-round matches (River Oaks Country Club, clay, USD 642735)

• Marcos Giron (7) beat Emilio Gomez: 6-0, 6-2
• Cristian Garin beat Hugo Dellien: 6-3, 6-0
• Yannick Hanfmann (Q) beat Yosuke Watanuki (Q): 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
• J.J. Wolf (5) beat Jordan Thompson: 6-3, 6-2
• Steve Johnson (WC) beat Facundo Bagnis: 7-6 (5), 1-6, 6-1
• Jason Kubler (6) beat Fernando Verdasco (WC): 7-6 (7), 6-0
• Gijs Brouwer beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 6-4, 6-4
• Denis Kudla beat Aleksandar Vukic (Q): 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
• Daniel Elahi Galan beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-2, 6-3
• Max Purcell vs. Daniel Altmaier
• Tomas Machac vs. Jack Sock