Tennis: Morocco's Alami, arazi cruise to second round in Chile's open

Morocco's Karim Alami and Hicham Arazi on Tuesday cruised to the second round of Chevrolet Cup Clay-court tennis tournament in Vina del Mar, Chile.

Arazi, seeded 6th in the tournament, defeated Germany's Markus Hantschk in two straight sets, 6-3, 6-3, while Alami ousted Chile's Marcelo Rios (seeded 2nd) in two sets 7-6, 6-2.

Another Moroccan Younes Al-Aynaoui was edged out by Argentina's Gaston Gaudio in two sets 6-4, 6-2.