Joy for Chilean tennis. The local Gonzalo Lama qualified for the second round of the Challenger in Santiago, Chile, after beating Argentine Facundo Juárez 6-2, 6-7 (4) and 6-1.
In the next round, the current 257th in the world will face the winner of the duel of compatriots between Daniel Núñez and Alejandro Tabilo.
On the other hand, regarding other victories of Latin American tennis players in the first round of the tournament, the Bolivian Hugo Dellien (101st) beat the Argentine Pedro Cachín (225th) 2-6, 7-6 (4) and 6-1 and in the next instance he will face Renzo Olivo.
For his part, Juan Pablo Varillas (117th) decisively beat Thiago Tirante (205th) 6-4 and 6-3 and will face Bautista Torres (389th), who defeated Daniel Dutra da Silva 6-4 and 6-2 (333rd).
Regarding those who fell in this instance, Hernán Casanova fell 1-6, 6-2 and 2-6 against Paul Jubb and Jesper De Jong won 6-1 and 7-6 (0) against Tomás Barrios.
Finally, regarding the outstanding matches that remain to be played, Camilo Ugo Carabelli will face Diego Fernández and Nicolás Jarry will clash against Vit Kopriva.
