On the Cascais court, the 20-year-old Portuguese young man was defeated by the 329th ranked player in the rankings, who was relegated at the last minute to replace the Frenchman Constant Lestienne, with scores of 7-6, 7-4 and 6- 1, in one hour and 46 minutes.

This was the first time that Jaime Faria, ranked 262nd in the world hierarchy, competed in the main table of an ATP tournament.