Carballés beats Coria and will face the favorite: Fognini

The Spanish Roberto Carballés it was best in the crucial moments and defeated the Argentine Federico Coria, 7-5 6-4 in almost two hours, and advanced to the second round of the Sardinian tournament. Carballés will face the Italian in the round of 32 Fabio Fognini, first favorite of the tournament, who is exempt in the first round.

Before, Pablo Andujar had surpassed the Slovak Jozef Kovalik, 125 of the world, and of the previous phase, by 7-5 and 7-5. The Spaniard, 54th in the world, starts as the sixth seed of this event, category 250 and endowed with about 272,000 euros in prizes, which is disputed on clay.

Defeated in the first round at Roland Garros by Italian Stefano Travaglia, the victory against Kovalik was closed by the Cuenca player in two hours and two minutes. Andujar will face in the second round against the Argentine Federico Delbonis, who defeated Italian Andreas Seppi 7-5, 7-6 (8) in one hour and 57 minutes.