The santiagueño Marco Trungelliti advanced to the second round of Challenger de Maia, Portugal, by defeating the Serbian in the debut Nikola Milojevic by 6-3 and 6-1.
Trungelitti, ranked 247 in the ATP world rankings, he needed 1 hour and two minutes to overcome the Serbian Milojevic, located in place 138 of the ecumenical ranking.
The Argentine will face the Belgian in the round of 16 on Wednesday Kimmer Coppejans (179), who defeated the German Daniel Masur (244) by 6-2 and 7-5.
The Portuguese Challenger of Maia, a district located in the metropolitan area of the city of Porto, takes place on clay courts, indoors, distributes points for the ATP world ranking and a total of 44,820 euros in prizes.
The Argentine tennis players this year conquered three tournaments in the Challenger category, which is second in importance to the ATP: Facundo Bagnis was crowned champion in Biella, Italy, while Francisco Cerúndolo won the tournament in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and also won that of Split, in Croatia.
