Chile Open: Gritty Comesana makes second round

Argentinian Francisco Comesana moved into the second round of the Chile Open by beating Brazilian qualifier Felipe Meligeni Alves 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4) at the Club Universidad Católica de San Carlos de Apoquindo in Santiago de Chile on Wednesday.

Comesana, ranked No 67, will play No 3 seed Sebastian Baez next.

Santiago de Chile ATP 250, other first-round results (Club Universidad Católica de San Carlos de Apoquindo, clay, USD 680.140, most recent results first):

• Federico Coria beat Tomas Barrios Vera (WC): 6-1, 6-0
• Mariano Navone (6) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-2, 6-2
• Jaime Faria beat Luciano Darderi (8): 6-3, 6-4
• Camilo Ugo Carabelli beat Nicolas Jarry (7): 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (9)
• Thiago Monteiro beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo (Q): 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (2)
• Damir Dzumhur beat Corentin Moutet: 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry (5) beat Hugo Gaston: 6-2, 6-3
• Cristian Garin (WC) beat Juan Pablo Ficovich (Q): 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Gustavo Heide (Q) beat Thiago Seyboth Wild: 7-5, 6-2
• Laslo Djere beat Ignacio Buse (WC): 6-3, 6-4
• Yannick Hanfmann beat Facundo Diaz Acosta: 7-5, 6-3