Dominican Nick Hardt advanced to the second round of the RD Open 2022 by Milex on Tuesday night after defeating Chilean Gonzalo Lama 6-2, 6-2.
With a solid game in a packed Mitur stadium, Hardt prevailed over the austral after an hour and 25 minutes on the court.
The Quisqueyan broke five times in 11 opportunities and lost only three of the 25 points he played with the first service.
In their next meeting, the native of Santiago will face the winner of the match that was taking place at the close of this edition between the Argentine Thiago Agustín Tirante and the Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas, champion of the tournament in 2019 and fifth favorite.
The Colombian Daniel Galán, fourth seed, advanced this Tuesday to the second round of the RD Open 2022 by Milex, as did the Argentine Román Burruchaga and the Peruvian Nicolás Álvarez by achieving victories.
At the Hyper Malt stadium, Galán prevailed over the Argentine from the classification Facundo Juárez with a score of 6-3, 6-2 after an hour and 35 minutes of play. At the Mitur stadium, Álvarez, who entered the main draw as a lucky looser after Gastao Elias was withdrawn due to injury, defeated Colombian Nicolás Barrientos 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, after two hours. and 18 minutes on the court.
In the first turn on the Avena Americana field, Argentine Facundo Mena, eighth favorite, beat American Patrick Kypson 7-6 (6), 4-1 and retired. Later, on that same court, the Argentinean Román Andrés Burruchaga defeated the Colombian Nicolás Mejía in another match of more than two hours with a score of 6-2, 2-6, 6-4.
The RD Open 2022, which has the support of the Ministry of Tourism, is an ATP Challenger 125 that awards that number of points to the singles and doubles champions, distributing a purse of $159,360 among the participants.
Wednesday session
The action of the RD Open 2022 continues this Wednesday from 2:00 in the afternoon with the matches of the second round of singles and the first round of doubles.
The day will see the long-awaited debut of Víctor Estrella and Peter Bertran in pairs, who will face Purav Raja and Divij Sharan, from India.
Tournament tickets are still on sale at Uepa Tickets at a cost of 350 pesos per person. The ticket is valid to see all the matches of the day’s programming.