Halle Open: Berrettini books spot in second round
Matteo Berrettini defeated Alex Michelsen 7-6 (5), 6-2 on Wednesday and will play American Marcos Giron in the next round
Italian Matteo Berrettini won against American qualifier Alex Michelsen 7-6 (5), 6-2 to move into the second round of the Halle Open at the Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion on Wednesday.
Berrettini, ranked No 65, will face American Marcos Giron next.
Halle ATP 500, other first-round results (Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion, grass, EUR 2.255.655, most recent results first):
- Luciano Darderi vs. Jan-Lennard Struff: wednesday
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (6) beat Henri Squire (WC): 7-6 (7), 7-6 (2)
- 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.
