Seventh seed Albert Ramos dismissed countryman Pere Riba 6-2, 6-3 in the first round of the Grand Prix Hassan II in Casablanca Tuesday.Ramos capitalised on five of eight break point opportunities and won 26 of his 31 first serve points to advance in 74 minutes.The 52nd-ranked Ramos improved to a 11-9 season record and will faceVictor Hanescu or Malek Jaziri next.Jeremy Chardy defeated qualifier Federico Delbonis 6-4, 7-5 in one hour and 40 minutes to win his opener. The Frenchman saved eight of nine break points against his serve to set a second-round clash with top seedFlorian Mayer.All seven of Chardy’s tour-level victories in 2012 have come on clay, having reached the semi-finals of the VTR Open in Vina del Mar (l. to Monaco). He started the year by winning the Noumea Challenger, a hard-court tournament.
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