Los Cabos Open: Albot books spot in second round

Radu Albot reached the second round of the Los Cabos Open by winning against Spanish wildcard Feliciano López 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3 at the Cabo del Mar Sports Center on Tuesday night.

Albot, ranked No 118, will play Australian Jason Kubler next.

Los Cabos ATP 250, other first-round matches (Cabo del Mar Sports Center, hard, USD 920.625, most recent results first):

• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Fernando Verdasco
• Yannick Hanfmann vs. Jordan Thompson: wednesday
• Kaichi Uchida vs. Brandon Nakashima: wednesday
• Steve Johnson beat Gonzalo Villanueva (LL): 7-6 (1), 6-4
• Juan Alejandro Hernandez (WC) beat Nicolas Barrientos (LL): 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Jason Kubler beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (8): 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-1
• Facundo Bagnis beat Ernesto Escobedo: 6-3, 6-1
• Max Purcell (Q) beat Henri Laaksonen: 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
• Chun-Hsin Tseng beat Nick Chappell (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Rinky Hijikata (Q) beat Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez (WC): 6-3, 4-0 ret.
• Ricardas Berankis beat Quentin Halys (9): 7-6 (1), 7-5