Berlocq and Gonzalez into 2nd round at Vina Del Mar
Carlos Berlocq defeated Daniel Gimeno-Traver 7-5, 6-0 to reach the second round of the Vina Del Mar VTR Open.
The tournament is the first event on the monthlong clay court swing around Latin America.
Berlocq and Albert Montanes are the only seeded players in action on Tuesday.
Fernando Gonzalez defeated Pere Riba 6-4, 6-4 in his opening match at the VTR Open in Viña del Mar Tuesday.
Gonzalez, sidelined with a knee injury for most of 2011, took the match in one hour and 28 minutes to win his 2012 season debut.
"Happy that I could play again with the Chilean crowd; I hadn't done it in a long time," said Gonzalez. "That was a dream and the fact that I could win made it even more special."
In other early matches, Frederico Gil defeated Paolo Lorenzi 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 and Rogerio Dutra Silva of Brazil recovered from a poor start to beat Maximo Gonzalez of Argentina 0-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3.
The top four seeds in the tournament have byes into the second round. Argentine Juan Monaco is seeded No. 1 and countryman Juan Ignacio Chela is No. 2. Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci is No. 3 and Pablo Andujar of Spain is No. 4.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
