London, England) – Three of the main North American names on the Wimbledon draw, Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe and Tommy Paul confirmed their debut favoritism and advanced to the second round. The same thing happened with Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, who arrived fired up after winning the title at the ATP 250 in Eastbourne last week.

Seeded 9, Fritz had the most work of all, needing five sets to defeat Germany’s Yannick Hanfmann in a two-game comeback, ending the match with the final score of 6/4, 2/6, 4/6, 7/5 and 6/3, after 3h05 of combat. His next rival will be Sweden’s Mikael Ymer, who beat Slovak Alex Molcan with 6/3, 6/3 and 6/4

A calmer start had Tiafoe, who overtook China’s Yibing Wu in straight sets, scoring splits of 7/6 (7-4), 6/3 and 6/4. In the second round, the tenth favorite will face the young Swiss Dominic Stricker, who came from the qualifications and knocked down the Australian Alexei Popyrin with a final reversal of 3/6, 6/3, 6/2, 4/6 and 7/5.

Closing out the list of North Americans who managed to confirm favoritism in Wednesday’s debut, 16th seed Tommy Paul edged Japanese qualifier Shintaro Mochizuki 3 sets to 0, with partials 7/5, 6/ 3 and 6/1. In the next round, he will face the Canadian Milos Raonic, executioner by the Austrian Quali Dennis Novak.

Champion on grass on the eve of Wimbledon, Cerundolo kept up the pace and asserted his place as 18th favorite by beating the Portuguese Nuno Borges at the start of the school year, with partials of 5/7, 6/3, 6/3 and 6/4 . . He will now face Czech Jiri Lehecka, who beat Austrian guest Sebastian Ofner with a 6/4 triple.

Another Argentine who shone in the first round was Guido Pella, responsible for upsetting 13-seeded Croatian Borna Coric to win a five-set battle with the final score of 6/3, 7/5, 4/6 , 3/6 and 6. /1. In the second round, his rival will be the quali Harold Mayot, who won the 100% French duel with Benjamin Bonzi, scoring 6/3, 6/4 and 7/5.