The Italian Jannik Sinnerthe main favorite, as happened in the first round against the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor, needed three sets to defeat the Hungarian Fabian Marozsan, 6-4, 6-7 (4) and 6-3, and put yourself in quarterfinals of the Halle tournament.
In his first tournament as world number one, the player from San Candido had to use his best game to extend his adaptation to grass and beat the Hungarian, 45th in the ATP ranking, in two hours and 16 minutes.
The winner of the Australian Open, the Miami Masters 1,000 and the Rotterdam tournament in 2024, without success in grass-court tournaments, will play in the second round against the winner of the match between the German Jan Lennard Struff and the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, sixth favorite.
The Pole also reached the quarterfinals. Hubert Hurkaczwinner of this stage in 2022, having previously defeated, in two sets, 7-6 (3) and 6-4, the Polish James Duckworth.
The ninth tennis player in the world, with the Estoril title as his main merit in this campaign and with eight trophies in his history, beat the Oceanic in an hour and a half, which he already won in Paris in 2021, in a difficult court.
Hurkacz will play in the next leg of the tournament against the winner of the clash between Italian Matteo Berrettini and American Marcos Giron.
Source: La Verdad
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