The man from Bahía defeated the Brazilian Monteiro and will face the Serbian Djere, who surprised the player from La Plata.
He Hamburg ATP 500 started with good and bad for Argentine tennis players because Guido Pella successfully passed his debut and lost Thomas Etcheverry.
Pella had to face it Emil Ruusuvuori but the Finn could not appear due to an injury and the Brazilian entered the main draw instead Thiago Monteiro.
The man from Bahia, who is ranked 228th in the world ranking, defeated the Brazilian (121st) with a slight score of 6-3, 4-6 and 6-4 and went on to lead the record by three games.
Meanwhile, the Serbian Laslo Djere (57th) avoided the Argentine duel in the second round because he lost Thomas Etcheverry (34°), seeded sixth, by 7-6 (2) and 6-3.
The other Argentines in Hamburg
Sebastian Baez (64th) will have a tough debut against the Norwegian Casper Ruud, fourth in the world and top favorite for the title; Pedro Cachin (49) after winning his first ATP title in Gstaad will face the Spaniard Alexander Davidovich Fokina (39°) and Francisco Cerundolo (21), seeded fourth, will debut with the German Yannick Hanfman (Four. Five).
Meanwhile, three other Argentines were eliminated from the classification: Andrea Collarini, Renzo Olivo (tasted with Monteiro) and Thiago Tirante.
Source: Tycsports
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