ATP Marseille: Zhang sets up second round clash against Hurkacz
The Chinese player edged out Quentin Halys 6-3, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (3) in the first round on Tuesday
China’s Zhizhen Zhang edged out Frenchman Quentin Halys 6-3, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (3) to reach the second round of the Marseille Open at the Palais des sports on Tuesday.
Zhang, ranked No 52 and a quarter-finalist here last year, will face No 4 seed Hubert Hurkacz next.
The win ended a nine-match losing streak for Zhang against players ranked in the top 100 (his last one coming in September 2024).
Marseille ATP 250, other first-round matches (Palais des sports, hard, most recent results first):
- Zizou Bergs beat Clement Chidekh (Q): 6-4, 6-4
- Nuno Borges (8) beat Stan Wawrinka (WC): 6-7 (4), 7-6 (1), 6-3
- Jan-Lennard Struff beat Manuel Guinard (LL): 7-5, 7-6 (4)
- Luca Van Assche (LL) beat Benjamin Bonzi: 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7)
- Alexander Bublik beat Richard Gasquet (WC): 6-4, 6-4
- Daniel Altmaier beat Luca Nardi: 6-2, 6-2
- Lorenzo Sonego (7) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
- Otto Virtanen beat Sebastian Korda (5): 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Hamad Medjedovic beat Raphael Collignon: 6-3, 6-4
- Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Harold Mayot
- Hugo Grenier vs. Arthur Gea
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