Ten years after profitable their second staff title in Buenos Aires, Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini returned to the winners’ circle in Argentina’s capital metropolis Sunday.

The six-time tour-level titlists cruised to a 6-2, 6-4 ultimate victory towards Nicolas Barrientos and Ariel Behar on the 2023 Argentina Open. Bolelli and Fognini didn’t drop a set all week en path to their first title of the season. In the championship match, the third seeds saved all six break factors confronted and received 13 of 16 factors off their second serve to gather the trophy.

Their title run in Buenos Aires comes after an 0-2 begin to the season, together with a disappointing first-round exit in Melbourne, the place they have been seeded ninth. The Italians received their maiden Grand Slam trophy on the Australian Open in 2015.

This previous season, Bolelli and Fognini received two staff titles: Rio de Janeiro and Umag. Five of their six titles have come on clay.

Barrientos and Behar have been competing of their first ATP Tour ultimate, with their finest earlier outcome a quarter-final run final week in Cordoba.