Auckland Open: Basavareddy advances to second round

American qualifier Nishesh Basavareddy reached the second round of the Auckland Open by beating Argentinian lucky loser Francisco Comesana 6-2, 6-2 at the ASB Tennis Arena on Tuesday.

Basavareddy, ranked No 133, will face second seed Alejandro Tabilo next.

Auckland ATP 250, other first-round results (ASB Tennis Arena, hard, USD 766.290, most recent results first):

• Pablo Carreno Busta vs. Jakub Mensik
• Jan-Lennard Struff beat Yunchaokete Bu: 6-3, 6-4
• Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Gael Monfils
• Facundo Diaz Acosta (LL) beat Cameron Norrie: 6-2, 6-3
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Gabriel Diallo (WC): 7-6 (5), 2-6, 7-6 (7)
• Luca Nardi (Q) beat Flavio Cobolli (6): 6-2, 1-1 ret.
• Mariano Navone beat Adrian Mannarino (LL): 7-6 (6), 6-7 (5), 6-1
• Alex Michelsen (8) beat Sumit Nagal (Q): 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-2
• Zizou Bergs (Q) beat Isaac Becroft (WC): 6-3, 7-5
• Roberto Carballes Baena beat Daniel Altmaier (LL): 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
• Nuno Borges (7) beat Luciano Darderi: 5-7, 6-3, 7-5

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