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Tsitsipas edges past wildcard Squire to reach second round

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Tsitsipas edges past wildcard Squire to reach second round

Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 6 seed, defeated German wildcard Henri Squire 7-6 (7), 7-6 (2) to advance to the second round of the Halle Open at the Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion.

Tsitsipas, ranked No 11, will face the winner of the match between Italian Luciano Darderi and German Jan-Lennard Struff next.

Halle ATP 500, other first-round results (Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion, grass, EUR 2.255.655, most recent results first):

  • Matteo Berrettini vs. Alex Michelsen
  • Luciano Darderi vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
  • Alexander Zverev (2) beat Oscar Otte (Q): 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4
  • Jannik Sinner (1) beat Tallon Griekspoor: 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-2
  • Alexander Bublik (7) beat Max Purcell (Q): 7-6 (1), 6-4
  • Christopher Eubanks beat Pedro Martinez: 6-3, 6-4
  • Marcos Giron beat Andrey Rublev (4): 6-4, 7-6 (5)
  • Arthur Fils beat Tomas Machac: 6-4, 6-4
  • James Duckworth (Q) beat Joao Fonseca (WC): 6-4, 6-4
  • Hubert Hurkacz (5) beat Flavio Cobolli: 7-5, 7-6 (2)
  • Daniil Medvedev (3) beat Nuno Borges: 7-6 (4), 6-4
  • Fabian Marozsan beat Roman Safiullin: 7-5, 4-6, 6-1
  • Zhizhen Zhang beat Sebastian Ofner: 7-6 (8), 6-7 (3), 6-4
  • Lorenzo Sonego beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5)
  • Dominik Koepfer (WC) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (8): 6-4, 4-3 ret.

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