European Open: Barrere holds off Galan for second round berth

Gregoire Barrere won against Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan 6-1, 7-6 (5) to move into the second round of the European Open at the Lotto Arena in Antwerp on Monday afternoon.

The Frenchman served well to see off a second set fight back from Galan, making 69 percent of his first serves and winning the point 81 percent of the time. He also played error-free tennis, striking zero unforced errors across the course of the one hour, 12 minute match.

Barrere, ranked No 72, will face No 3 seed Alexander Bublik next.

Antwerp ATP250, other first-round results (Lotto Arena, EUR 673.630, most recent results first):

• Nuno Borges vs. Dominik Koepfer
• Dominic Stricker vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Luca Nardi vs. Dominic Thiem
• Alexander Blockx vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Richard Gasquet vs. Maximilian Marterer
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Juan Pablo Varillas
• Benjamin Bonzi vs. Alexander Shevchenko
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
• David Goffin vs. Quentin Halys
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Hugo Gaston
• Jaume Munar vs. Mark Lajal: monday