The platense overcame the world 27 with a convincing 7-6 (10-8), 6-0 and 6-1 to advance to the quarterfinals of Roland Garros. The last Argentine in Paris was 4-2 up in just 20 minutes of play, but the Japanese maintained his service and then broke the Argentine.

Tomi stayed the first set after a hard-fought tie break that ended with a tight 10-8. Then, the platense won with a convincingly 6- 0 and6-1 in the fourth to get into the best eight of the Paris Open.