Halle Open: Sonego edges past Kecmanovic to reach second round

Italian Lorenzo Sonego advanced to the second round of the Halle Open by defeating Serb Miomir Kecmanovic 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5) at the Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion.

Sonego, ranked No 57, will play the winner of the match between qualifier Oscar Otte and second seed Alexander Zverev 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: monday
• Dominik Koepfer (WC) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (8): 6-4, 4-3 ret.