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Moreno De Alboran won 44 of his 56
first-service points (79 percent) and saved two of three break
points to take down Diaz Acosta. His next opponent will be
Belgian qualifier David Goffin, who was a 6-4, 6-4 winner over
Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech.
Italy's Matteo Berrettini, playing on a protected ranking,
swiftly upset sixth seed Alexander Shevchenko of Kazakhstan 6-2,
6-1. Fellow Italian and No. 8 seed Flavio Cobolli beat Jordanian
wild card Abdullah Shelbayh 6-1, 6-4.
Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland, Italian qualifier Fabio Fognini,
India's Sumit Nagal, Australia's Aleksandar Vukic and Spain's
Roberto Carballes Baena also advanced to the second round.
Millennium Estoril Open
Steady rain washed out Tuesday's schedule in Estoril, Portugal.
Among the matches now slated for Wednesday include three that
were suspended in progress. Notably, Chilean Cristian Garin led
Austria's Jurij Rodionov 7-6 (3), 4-5, 30-30 in a match that
began Monday night.
Frenchmen Arthur Fils and Gael Monfils, the fifth and seventh
seeds, are among those now scheduled to compete Wednesday.
Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship
Italian Luciano Darderi came to the brink of elimination, but he
managed to pull off a 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2 victory over American
wild card Denis Kudla in a first-round match in Houston.
After dropping the first set, Darderi was down 6-5 in the second
before forcing a tiebreaker, where he raced out to a 3-0 edge
that he did not relinquish.
Two other matches went the distance on Tuesday, with the United
States' Aleksandar Kovacevic downing Australian Thanasi
Kokkinakis 7-6 (3), 6-7 (2), 6-4 and No. 8 seed Max Purcell of
Australia topping American Alex Michelsen 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-4.
No. 6 seed Jordan Thompson and James Duckworth of Australia, No.
7 seed Marcos Giron and wild card Michael Mmoh of the U.S. and
Colombia's Daniel Elahi Galan also won their matches.
--Field Level Media
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