Halle: Sinner fights back from set down against Sonego to reach quarter-finals

No 4 seed Jannik Sinner moved into the quarter-finals of Halle by edging out fellow Italian Lorenzo Sonego 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4 at the Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion.

Sinner, ranked No 9, will face the winner of the match between Kazakh Alexander Bublik and German Jan-Lennard Struff next.

Ahead of his victory, Jannik Sinner beat Frenchman Richard Gasquet (6-3, 5-7, 6-2).

Sonego, ranked No 39, won against Russian lucky loser Aslan Karatsev (6-2, 3-6, 6-2) in the previous round of the Halle Open.

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

• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Andrey Rublev vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Alexander Bublik vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
• Alexander Zverev (9) beat Denis Shapovalov: 6-2, 6-4
• Nicolas Jarry beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (2): 7-6 (7), 7-5
• Daniil Medvedev (1) beat Laslo Djere: 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3
• Roberto Bautista Agut (8) beat Brandon Nakashima: 7-5, 7-6 (2)