The German Alexander Zverevninth seed and the Polish Hubert Hurkaczsixth and current champion, did not disappoint in their start of the tournament Halle and they advanced to the second round of the competition which was played on grass.
Zverev, a finalist in this event in 2016 and 2017, debuted with a solvent victory over the Austrian Dominic Thiem, guest of the tournament, by 6-3 and 6-4, in eighty minutes. The Hamburg tennis player, who is looking for a first trophy in 2023, will play in the round of 16 against Canadian Denis Shapovalov.
The Polish also made a positive debut, but with more difficulties. Hubert Hurkacz, champion of the previous course. He needed three sets, two hours and twenty-two aces to defeat American Christopher Eubanks, 77th in the ATP rankings, who forced a third set.
The Poles will be the opponents of the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor, which ended the aspirations of the Spaniard Roberto Carballés. The tennis player from the Netherlands won, beating Bolduque on Sunday, 6-2, 7-5. Griekspoor took an hour and a half to leave the Spaniard on the road and add his sixth consecutive victory on grass.
before, Roberto Bautistaeighth favorite, held his duel against Italian Andrea Vavassori (6-3 and 6-4) and met American Brandon Nakashima.
The Italian also survived the event Jannik Sinner, fourth favorite, needing three sets to beat Frenchman Richard Gasquet (6-3, 5-7 and 6-2) and meet his compatriot Lorenzo Sonego, who defeated Russian Aslan Karatsev (6-2, 3-6 and 6-2) in the round of 16.
Yannick Hanfman he won the rivalry between the local tennis players and defeated the German Louis Wesssels 6-4, 3-6 and 6-3. The German will be the rival of the third favorite, the Russian Andrei Rublevwho suffered against Chinese Ybing Wu, whom she defeated 6-4, 6-7(5) and 6-2.
The day ended with a Kazakh victory Alexander Bublik against Croatian Borna Coric, seventh favorite, by 6-3 and 6-1. He will play against the winner of the match between Russian Roman Safullin and German Jan Lennard Struff.
Source: La Verdad
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