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Guido Pella needed just 58 minutes to defeat Argentinian Patricio Heras (269°) in San Pablo's Challenger first round.

Pella, fourth seed, lost only seven points in his first service, just eight with his second . He went on and he could achive five of six break points opportunities to reach the second round.

The 23 years old player will face the Chilean Paul Capdeville (150°) who eliminated Pedro Sakamoto (Brazil), 6-1, 6-2.

Pella and Capdeville met last year in Santiago's Challenger and the triumphs went to Chilean player (6-3, 7-6 in the quarterfinals)

The Bahía Blanca-born tennis player had a strong begining in doubles main draw too. He defeated the Peruvian Sergio Galdos, as well as Alex Kuznetsov and the portuguese Rui Machado 6-3, 6-4.