Halle: Sinner battles past Gasquet in first round

Italian Jannik Sinner, the No 4 seed, reached the second round of Halle by winning against Frenchman Richard Gasquet 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 at the Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion on Tuesday.

Sinner, ranked No 9, will play Italian Lorenzo Sonego next.

Halle ATP500, other first-round results (Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion, grass, EUR 2.195.175, most recent results first):

• Roman Safiullin vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
• Christopher Eubanks vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Alexander Zverev vs. Dominic Thiem
• Borna Coric vs. Alexander Bublik
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Andrey Rublev vs. Yibing Wu
• Louis Wessels vs. Yannick Hanfmann: tuesday
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Aslan Karatsev (LL): 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
• Roberto Bautista Agut (8) beat Andrea Vavassori (LL): 6-3, 6-4
• Daniil Medvedev (1) beat Marcos Giron (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (2) beat Gregoire Barrere: 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Nicolas Jarry beat Corentin Moutet: 6-3, 7-5
• Denis Shapovalov beat Lloyd Harris: 7-6 (1), 6-4
• Brandon Nakashima beat Mikael Ymer: 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
• Laslo Djere beat Oscar Otte (WC): 7-6 (3), 6-3