Los Cabos Open: Hijikata into second round

Australian qualifier Rinky Hijikata moved into the second round of the Los Cabos Open when Mexican wildcard Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez retired on Tuesday night at the Cabo del Mar Sports Center.

Hijikata, ranked No 224, led 6-3, 4-0 when Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez, aged 17, pulled out on Tuesday night at the Cabo del Mar Sports Center.

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

• Henri Laaksonen vs. Max Purcell
• Nick Chappell vs. Chun-Hsin Tseng: tuesday
• Ricardas Berankis beat Quentin Halys (9): 7-6 (1), 7-5
• Juan Alejandro Hernandez vs. John Millman
• Gonzalo Villanueva vs. Steve Johnson
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Fernando Verdasco
• Radu Albot vs. Feliciano López
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Jason Kubler
• Kaichi Uchida vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Yannick Hanfmann vs. Jordan Thompson
• Facundo Bagnis vs. Ernesto Escobedo