Barcelona Open: Nishikori beats Pella
Kei Nishikori of Japan has escaped early elimination in the Barcelona Open after beating Guido Pella of Argentina 2 sets to 1.
The 2-time former champion suffered a shocking defeat in the opening set after PeYa managed totake it 6-4.
The Japanese fought hard to come from behind and win the second set in the tie-break to send the contest to a decider.
Nishikori then found his rhythm and easily grabbed the final set 6-2 to reach the next round, where he will meet Cristian Garin of Chile.
Elsewhere, Egor Gerasimov of Belarus made a successful debut in Barcelona with a straight sets win against former top five star Jo-Wilfried Songa of France.
It was a close contest, but the Belarusian took the first set 7-5, before winning the next 6-1 to wrap up the match after 80 minutes.
Grasimov will next meet Yannik Sinner of Italy in the second round.
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