Buenos Aires – Paolo Lorenzi makes his debut in the Argentina Open, competing on the red clay of the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club. The 33 year-old Siena-native beat 6-4, 6-7, 6-1 in two hours and forty minutes of play the Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci, confirming the performance of the first Rome round in 2011. In the next round will see Lorenzi play against the winner of the match between Argentina’s Federico Delbonis and the Spanish Pablo Carreno-Busta, seeded eighth. (9Colonne)
