Halle Open: Koepfer books spot in second round
Dominik Koepfer benefited from the abandonment of Felix Auger-Aliassime (6-4, 4-3) on Monday and will face the winner of the match between Frenchman Arthur Fils and Tomas Machac in the next round
German wildcard Dominik Koepfer moved into the second round of the Halle Open when Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 8 seed, retired at the Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion on Monday.
Koepfer, ranked No 70, led 6-4, 4-3 when Auger-Aliassime, ranked No 18, pulled out at the Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion on Monday.
The German will play the winner of the match between Frenchman Arthur Fils and Tomas Machac next.
Halle ATP 500, other first-round results (Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion, grass, EUR 2.255.655, most recent results first):
- Oscar Otte vs. Alexander Zverev
- Arthur Fils vs. Tomas Machac
- Marcos Giron vs. Andrey Rublev
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Alex Michelsen
- Joao Fonseca vs. James Duckworth
- Max Purcell vs. Alexander Bublik
- Christopher Eubanks vs. Pedro Martinez
- Henri Squire vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Luciano Darderi vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Jannik Sinner vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Flavio Cobolli
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Nuno Borges
- Fabian Marozsan vs. Roman Safiullin
- Sebastian Ofner vs. Zhizhen Zhang
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Lorenzo Sonego: monday