Argentina Open/Sergio Llamera
Laslo Djere saves six of seven break points in his Buenos Aires first-round win.
By ATP Staff
Laslo Djere improved to 4-0 in opening rounds this season with a 6-4, 6-4 victory against Fabio Fognini at the Argentina Open on Monday.
In a battling performance, the Serbian saved the first six break points he faced before Fognini denied his first attempt to serve out the match at 5-2. The Italian took a medical timeout after turning his ankle and held serve to put the pressure on his opponent, but Djere held to love to close out the one-hour, 37-minute match.
Djere, who was an efficient three-for-four on break points, will meet Buenos Aires debutant and top seed Carlos Alcaraz in the second round. It will be the pair's first ATP Head2Head matchup.
Fognini fell to 0-3 on the year with defeat in what was the first clay-court match of 2023 for both players.
Argentina's Pedro Cachin also advanced with a 7-6(2), 6-4 win against Thiago Monteiro to set up a second-round meeting with third seed Lorenzo Musetti, while Spain's Bernabe Zapata Miralles scored a 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 win against countryman Pedro Martinez to book a matchup against fourth seed and home favourite Diego Schwartzman.
In Monday's fourth and final singles match in Buenos Aires, Spain's Jaume Munar defeated Argentina's Guido Pella 6-4, 7-5.
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