Marrakech Open: Carballes Baena reaches second round

Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena reached the second round of the Marrakech Open when Italian qualifier Matteo Gigante retired on Tuesday at Royal Tennis Club de Marrakech.

Carballes Baena, ranked No 64, led 6-2, 2-0 when Gigante, ranked No 145, pulled out at Royal Tennis Club de Marrakech on Tuesday evening.

The Spaniard will play No 3 seed Daniel Evans next.

Marrakech ATP 250, other first-round results (Royal Tennis Club de Marrakech, clay, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):

• David Goffin vs. Arthur Rinderknech: tuesday
• Stan Wawrinka beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 6-1, 6-4
• Nicolas Moreno De Alboran (Q) beat Facundo Diaz Acosta (5): 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
• Matteo Berrettini beat Alexander Shevchenko (6): 6-2, 6-1
• Fabio Fognini (Q) beat Hugo Gaston: 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-4
• Flavio Cobolli (8) beat Abdullah Shelbayh (WC): 6-1, 6-4
• Aleksandar Vukic beat Alexandre Muller: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Sumit Nagal beat Corentin Moutet: 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Mariano Navone (7) beat Aziz Dougaz (WC): 6-3, 6-2
• Pavel Kotov beat Elliot Benchetrit (WC): 7-5, 6-3
• Jaume Munar beat Luca Van Assche: 7-6 (3), 6-2