Tim van Rijthoven turned the third Dutchman into the second spherical of the Tata Open Maharashtra in Pune on Tuesday, when he sealed a 6-4, 6-4 first-round victory towards Radu Albot.
The No. 111-ranked Van Rijthoven clinched the one break of every set in his maiden tour-level assembly towards Albot, wrapping up an 86-minute victory behind some huge serving in India. The 25-year-old, who lifted his maiden ATP Tour title on grass in ‘s-Hertogenbosch final June, struck 14 aces and saved two break factors to set a gathering with Aslan Karatsev. The eighth-seeded Karatsev was a 6-1, 6-3 winner towards Pablo Andujar.
Van Rijthoven joins countrymen Tallon Griekspoor and Botic van de Zandschulp within the second spherical in Pune. Van de Zandschulp is seeded second on the ATP 250 occasion, behind Marin Cilic.
Additionally on Tuesday, #NextGenATP Italian Flavio Cobolli notched his second tour-level win with a 6-4, 7-5 victory towards dwelling wild card Mukund Sasikumar. Cobolli will tackle van de Zandschulp on centre court docket on Wednesday as he bids to achieve the third spherical of an ATP Tour occasion for the primary time.
Ramkumar Ramanathan was the final dwelling hope within the singles attract western India, however after taking the primary set towards Pedro Martinez, the 28-year-old qualifier was unable to finish the job. The World No. 62 Martinez pulled via for a 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 victory to set a second-round conflict towards fourth seed Sebastian Baez. That shall be a repeat of the 2022 closing in Santiago, the place Martinez claimed his maiden ATP Tour crown.
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