British primary Cameron Norrie began the defence of his ATP Rio Open title with a routine 6-3 6-2 win over over Bolivian Hugo Dellien in Brazil.
Norrie, 28, made gentle work of an opponent who gave him a tricky time on the quarter-final stage in 2023.
It took Norrie, who provided up only one break level within the match, one hour and 21 minutes to seal victory.
He’ll meet Chile’s Tomas Barrios Vera for the primary time in his profession within the subsequent spherical.
Earlier, one other defending champion, top-seed Taylor Fritz, defeated American compatriot Tommy Paul 6-2 6-3 to win the rain-delayed Delray Seashore Open in Florida.
The win stretched world quantity 9 Fritz’s successful streak in ATP finals to 6 matches.
Britain’s Julian Money and American associate Robert Galloway claimed their first ATP Tour title by successful the doubles remaining.
They beat high seeds high seeds Mexican Santiago Gonzalez and British associate Neal Skupski 5-7 7-5 10-2.
