David Nalbandian made a winning return to the ATP Tour by beating Potito Starace at the Copa Telmex in Buenos Aires.
The former world number three, who had been out of action since undergoing hip surgery in May, won the first set of his first-round clash on Monday before torrential rain ended the day's play.
He completed a 6-2 7-6 (7/2) victory over the Italian on Tuesday to secure his place in round two,
Meanwhile, Spanish duo David Ferrer and Juan Carlos Ferrero, the top two seeds, breezed through their first-round matches.
Top seed Ferrer defeated Germany's Simon Greul 6-2 7-6 (7/3) while Ferrero was a 6-1 6-2 winner against Brazilian Ricardo Mello.
It was a good day for Spain all round in Argentina.
Fifth seed Albert Montanes overcame Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas 6-2 6-2 and wild card Carlos Moya saw off Italian Filippo Volandri 6-2 7-5.
Marcel Granollers cruised into round two with a 6-1 6-2 triumph over Argentinian qualifier Diego Junqueira, Spanish qualifier Santiago Ventura ousted Daniel Koellerer of Austria 6-4 6-2 and Pablo Andujar prevailed 6-4 6-1 in the all-Spanish match-up with Oscar Hernandez.
There will also be plenty of Argentinian interest in round two.
Juan Ignacio Chela overcame France's Richard Gasquet 7-6 (7/3) 7-5, fourth seed Juan Monaco beat Poland's Lukasz Kubot 6-4 7-6 (7/1) and eighth seed Horacio Zeballos got the better of wild card compatriot Gaston Gaudio 6-3 3-6 6-3.
Elsewhere, sixth-seeded Russian Igor Andreev was too strong for Fabio Fognini and Brazil's Marcos Daniel overcame another Italian, Paolo Lorenzi, in straight sets.
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