Los Cabos Open: Purcell moves into second round

Australian Max Purcell, the No 7 seed, moved into the second round of the Los Cabos Open by edging out Italian Matteo Arnaldi 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 at the Cabo del Mar Sports Center on Tuesday.

Purcell, ranked No 51, will face the winner of the match between German Dominik Koepfer and Portuguese Nuno Borges next.

Los Cabos ATP 250, other first-round matches (Cabo del Mar Sports Center, hard, USD 915,245):

• Alex Michelsen beat Constant Lestienne: 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Daniel Evans beat Roman Safiullin (5): 6-2, 6-4
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez
• Taro Daniel vs. Marcos Giron
• Diego Schwartzman vs. Emilio Nava
• Flavio Cobolli vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Rinky Hijikata
• Dominik Koepfer vs. Nuno Borges
• Ernesto Escobedo vs. Jordan Thompson
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Jack Draper
• Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Brandon Holt