Pella, Jaziri progress in Cordoba

It was a good day for seeds Guido Pella and Malek Jaziri at the Cordoba Open.

Argentina's Guido Pella in action against Paolo Lorenzi.

Guido Pella cruised through the Cordoba Open first round, while Malek Jaziri survived a scare on Monday.

Pella, the eighth seed at the inaugural edition of the ATP 250 event, crushed lucky loser Paolo Lorenzi 6-1, 6-3 in Argentina.

The sixth-seeded Jaziri needed almost three hours to overcome local wildcard Carlos Berlocq 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7-4).

Meanwhile, Aljaz Bedene was too good for Maximilian Marterer 6-3, 6-4, qualifier Pedro Cachin got past Cameron Norrie 6-4, 6-4 and Lorenzo Sonego beat Pablo Andujar 6-3, 6-2.