Shevchenko first player into Rio Open second round

Alexander Shevchenko reached the second round of the Rio Open by beating Brazilian wild card Felipe Meligeni Alves 6-4, 6-2 at the Jockey Club Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro on Monday afternoon.

The Kazakh blasted 10 aces and broke his opponent a whopping six times in two sets.

Shevchenko, ranked No 103, will next play the winner of the match between top-seeded German Alexander Zverev and China’s Bu Yunchaokete.

Rio de Janeiro ATP 500, other first-round results:

• Tomas Barrios Vera vs. Jaime Faria
• Dusan Lajovic vs. Damir Dzumhur
• Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Camilo Ugo Carabelli
• Mariano Navone vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Sebastian Baez vs. Sumit Nagal
• Corentin Moutet vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Joao Fonseca vs. Alexandre Muller
• Luciano Darderi vs. Hugo Dellien
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Hugo Gaston
• Alexander Zverev vs. Yunchaokete Bu
• Jaume Munar vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
• Chun-Hsin Tseng vs. Alejandro Tabilo
• Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Thiago Monteiro
• Gustavo Heide vs. Francisco Comesana
• Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs. Nicolas Jarry

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