Now unclassified at the ATP, Jérémy Chardy, 35, won his first round against the Colombian Galan (1-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-4).
Very good performance for the 35-year-old Pau had not played for a year and a half.
Chardy having suffered a poor reaction to COVID and an injury which kept him away from the courts until this start of 2023. The Frenchman will face the winner of the match between Argentinian Facundo Bagnis and the No. 25 seed Daniel Evans in the second round.
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