Jarry overcomes Cerundolo in Rio de Janeiro first round

Nicolas Jarry, the No 6 seed, edged out Argentine qualifier Juan Manuel Cerundolo 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the second round of the Rio Open at the Jockey Club Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro on Monday evening.

The Chilean fired 12 aces and was broken only twice over the course of two hours and 26 minutes.

Jarry, ranked No 47, will next face the winner of the match between Brazilian wild card Gustavo Heide and Argentina’s Francisco Comesana.

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
• Chun-Hsin Tseng vs. Alejandro Tabilo
• Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Thiago Monteiro: monday
• Gustavo Heide vs. Francisco Comesana: monday
• Alexander Shevchenko beat Felipe Meligeni Alves (WC): 6-4, 6-2

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