Rio Open: Varillas books spot in second round
Juan Pablo Varillas beat Hugo Gaston 7-5, 6-4 on Tuesday evening. He’ll play the winner of the match between Brazilian wildcard Thomaz Bellucci and Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 6 seed, in the next round
Juan Pablo Varillas 2023 Australian Open | AI / Reuters / Panoramic
Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas moved into the second round of the Rio Open by defeating French qualifier Hugo Gaston 7-5, 6-4 at the Jockey Club Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday evening.
Varillas, ranked No 81, will play the winner of the match between Brazilian wildcard Thomaz Bellucci and Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 6 seed, next.
Rio de Janeiro ATP500, other first-round results (Jockey Club Brasileiro, clay, USD 2.013.940, most recent results first):
- Thomaz Bellucci vs. Sebastian Baez
- Jaume Munar vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles
- Dusan Lajovic vs. Diego Schwartzman
- Fabio Fognini vs. Tomas Barrios Vera
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Mateus Alves
- Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Cameron Norrie (2) beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo (LL): 7-5, 6-1
- Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Francisco Cerundolo: tuesday
- Pedro Cachin vs. Daniel Elahi Galan: tuesday
- Nicolas Jarry (Q) beat Lorenzo Musetti (3): 6-4, 6-1
- Laslo Djere beat Facundo Bagnis (Q): 6-2, 3-2 ret.
- Thiago Monteiro beat Dominic Thiem: 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (2)
- Hugo Dellien beat João Sousa: 6-0, 6-2
- Alex Molcan (9) beat Joao Fonseca (WC): 6-0, 6-3
- Pedro Martinez beat Cristian Garin: 7-6, 6-4
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