Bae advances at Uruguay Open

Montevideo, Nov 7: Fifth-seeded Roberto Carballes Bae of Spain advanced to the second round of the Uruguay Open after defeating Argenti’s Maximo Gonzalez 6-1, 2-6, 6-1 here. The Tenerife-born player won the match which lasted more than two hours to elimite the 2010 champion from the tourment at the Carrasco Lawn Tennis club here on Monday. Colombia’s Alejandro Gonzalez defeated Italy’s Marco Cecchito 4-6, 6-3, 7-6, and Brazil’s Guilherme Clezar defeated Hungary’s Attila Balazs in a straight-sets 7-6, 7-6 victory. In the other first round match played on Monday, Argenti’s Federico Coria defeated Norway’s Casper Ruud 6-2, 6-4. IANS