Argentina Open: Coria books spot in second round

Argentinian lucky loser Federico Coria defeated Frenchman Hugo Gaston 6-3, 6-2 to move into the second round of the Argentina Open at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club on Wednesday evening.

Coria, ranked No 115, will face the winner of the match between Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry, the No 8 seed, and Brazilian Joao Fonseca next.

Buenos Aires ATP 250, other first-round results (Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, clay, USD 688.985, most recent results first):

• Corentin Moutet vs. Sumit Nagal
• Diego Schwartzman vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Damir Dzumhur vs. Pedro Martinez Portero
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Joao Fonseca: wednesday
• Francisco Cerundolo (5) beat Luciano Darderi: 6-4, 6-4
• Sebastian Baez (6) beat Camilo Ugo Carabelli (WC): 6-4, 6-4
• Juan Manuel Cerundolo (Q) beat Roman Andres Burruchaga (Q): 7-6 (4), 5-7, 7-5
• Mariano Navone beat Francisco Comesana (WC): 6-4, 6-4
• Thiago Seyboth Wild beat Facundo Diaz Acosta: 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Laslo Djere (Q) beat Alexandre Muller: 6-3, 6-3
• Dusan Lajovic beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 7-6 (8), 7-5