World No. 38 Spanish tennis player Jaume Munar defeated German Daniel Altmaier 6-3 and 6-0 to advance to the second round of the ATP 250 in Adelaide. He will face Argentine Francisco Cerúndolo in the next round, who will be making his debut in this edition of the tournament. As reported by the Argentine News Agency, the tournament began on Saturday and is part of the traditional circuit that shares the week with the Australian Open and the ATP in Auckland. After the qualifiers, where Argentine Thiago Tirante was eliminated, the main draw of the ATP 250 in Adelaide began with nine matches. On court 3 of the Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, Munar convincingly defeated world No. 44 Altmaier with a score of 6-3, 6-0 in a match that lasted one hour and four minutes. Initially, the German broke Munar's serve and won the first three games, but the Spaniard recovered remarkably well, winning the first set 6-3. In the second set, the native of the Balearic Islands showed no mercy to the German, winning six games in a row and sealing a decisive 6-0 victory to advance to the second round where he will face Argentine Francisco Cerúndolo, the third seed. The day started with a comeback from Australian Tanasi Kokkinakis, who defeated American Sebastian Korda 3-6, 6-3 and 7-7(7-3). Next, in the all-French duel, Ugo Humbert defeated Térence Atmane 6-3 and 7-7(7-3). Meanwhile, the Monegasque Valentin Vacherot beat the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic 7-7(7-5) and 6-4, while the American Reilly Opelka defeated the Australian Alexei Popyrin 6-3 and 7-8(7-6). The Frenchman Quentin Halys beat the Australian Adam Walton 6-2 and 7-11(7-9) in the last remaining qualifier and will face the British Jacob Fearnley this afternoon. In addition to the match between the Frenchman and the Briton, two more matches will complete Monday's schedule in Adelaide: the Czech Tomáš Macháč against the Australian James Duckworthy, and the local duel between Tristan Schoolkate and Rinky Hijikata.
