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Nicolas Almagro of Spain battled past Peter Luczak of Australia 5-7 7-6 (3) 6-1 to advance into the second round of the Bank Austria Tennis Trophy on Monday.
Almagro will next face Wayne Odesnik of America, who rallied past Czech qualifier Lukas Rosol 6-2 5-7 7-6(6).
In other matches of the day, German Daniel Brands worked hard for a 7-6(5) 7-5 victory over Robert Kendrick of the United States.
He will next play the winner of top-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia and Alejandro Falla of Colombia.
Victor Crivoi of Romania downed Jan Hernych of the Czech Republic 6-3 6-3; while Frederico Gil of Portugal struggled past Stefan Koubek of Austria 4-6 6-4 6-4.