Rio Open: Dzumhur defeats Lajovic in first round
Damir Dzumhur made quick work of Dusan Lajovic on Tuesday in Buenos Aires. Dzumhur awaits either Pedro Martinez or Camilo Ugo Carabelli
Damir Dzumhur advanced to the second round of the Rio Open by defeating Serb Dusan Lajovic 6-3, 6-4 at the Jockey Club Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday evening.
The Bosnian did not get broken a single time over the course of one hour and 29 minutes.
Dzumhur, ranked No 97, will next play the winner of a match between seventh-seeded Spaniard Pedro Martinez and Argentine lucky loser Camilo Ugo Carabelli.
Rio de Janeiro ATP 500, other first-round matches:
- Luciano Darderi beat Hugo Dellien (Q): 7-6 (2), 2-2 ret.
- Jaume Munar beat Thiago Seyboth Wild: 6-4, 3-6, 6-0
- Chun-Hsin Tseng (Q) beat Alejandro Tabilo (3): 6-2, 7-5
- Thiago Monteiro (WC) 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
- 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
- Sebastian Baez vs. Roman Andres Burruchaga:
- Corentin Moutet vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
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