Hurkacz and Pella, to the second round; Nishikori falls eliminated

The Polish Hubert hurkacz and the Argentine Guido Pella, Seed 5 and 7, respectively, this Tuesday entered the second round of the ATP tennis tournament on clay of Kitzbuhel (Austria), while the Japanese Kei Nishikori, fifth favorite, succumbed on his debut.

Hurkacz, 33rd in the world, beat Portuguese Joao Sousa 6-3 and 7-5, while Guido Pella accounted for Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka by a resounding 6-3 and 6-0 in just over an hour. Nishikori lost in the first round to Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. Furthermore, the Austrian Sebastian Ofner, 159th in the world, will be the first rival of Argentine Diego Schwartzmann, second seeded and exempt from the first round, by beating Moldovan Radu Albot in a disputed match resolved in three sets by 6-7 (5), 6-4 and 7-6 (4) and two and 47 minutes of fight .

He has also known this Tuesday the name of his first adversary the Spanish Feliciano López, who will debut in Kitzbuehel against the French Pierre-Hugues Herbert, He beat 18-year-old Swiss Leandro Riedi, who this year won the junior doubles title at the Australian Open alongside Romanian Nicholas David Ionel. Another Spanish, Albert Ramos, eighth favorite, will play in the first round against the Serbian Laslo Djere, Executioner in the previous of the Italian Andreas Seppi by 6-3 and 6-4.

The first seed of the tournament is the Italian Fabio Fognini, It will start against the winner of this Wednesday's match between Finn Emil Ruusuvuori and Swiss Marc-Andrea Huesler. Likewise, Argentine Federico Delbonis entered the main draw from the previous one, who beat Austrian Jurij Rodionov 6-4 and 6-2 in the final. He will debut against his compatriot Juan Ignacio Londero.