The Santiago, who arrived from the Qualy of the tournament, won over the Spanish Alejandro Davidovich Fokina by 5-7, 6-3, 7-5, 6-7 (3-7) and 6-4 and advanced in the Open of the United States.
Marco Trungelliti achieved a good triumph over the Spanish Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, in five sets, to settle in the second round of the US Open (US Open), room Grand Slam of the season that is disputed in the city of New York.
The player from Santiago, the only one who came from qualifying, beat an opponent seeded in position 29, with partials of 5-7, 6-3, 7-5, 6-7 (3-7 in the tie break) and 6-4, after four hours and 27 minutes of intense fighting.
In this way, Trungelliti, 31 years old and in the 198th position of the ATP world rankings, made it through the inaugural round at the complex for the first time Flushing Meadows (in 2019 he had been eliminated in debut).
The next rival of the Santiago tennis player will be the Santa Fe Facundo Bagnis (80), who defeated the Japanese Taro Daniel (109), by 6-3, 6-3 and 6-3, after two hours and 3 minutes of litigation.
The series of confrontations between both Argentine players is reduced to six games, the majority in Challenger-type competitions.
Trungelliti dominates the statistic 4-2, from his victories in the Challenger Guayaquil 2012, Cali 2014, Roland Garros classification 2015 and Challenger Umag 2018.
Bagnis, born in the town of Armstrong, celebrated at the Challenger Santiago de Chile 2013 and Medellín 2014.
