Marin Cilic and Fernando Verdasco moved into the Rio Open second round on a good day for the seeds on Monday.<\/p>\n
Cilic, the top seed at the ATP 500 event played on clay in Brazil, cruised past qualifier Carlos Berlocq 6-3, 6-2.<\/p>\n
The Croatian, playing his first tournament since his runner-up finish at the Australian Open, did not drop serve, breaking three times to win in an hour and 19<\/p>\n
minutes.<\/p>\n
The eighth-seeded Verdasco was pushed but got past Leonardo Mayer 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 to make it four wins in as many meetings with the Argentinian.<\/p>\n
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Fabio Fognini, the 2015 runner-up and fifth seed, survived a huge scare, incredibly coming from a set and 4-0 down to edge Thomaz Bellucci 6-7 (5-7) 7-5 6-2,<\/p>\n
making it five wins in as many meetings with the Brazilian.<\/p>\n
Albert Ramos-Vinolas, the fourth seed, also progressed after overcoming Rogerio Dutra Silva 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Ecuador Open champion Roberto Carballes Baena retired in his first-round match when trailing Tennys Sandgren 4-6 6-1 4-3.<\/p>\n
Runner-up in 2016, Guido Pella made an early exit, beaten by lucky loser Gastao Elias 6-4, 5-7, 7-5, while Nicolas Jarry beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-3 7-6 (7<\/p>\n
-3).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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