Hamburg Open: Altmaier upsets Rublev to reach quarter-finals
Daniel Altmaier beat Andrey Rublev 6-2, 6-2 on Thursday evening and will face the winner of the match between German Yannick Hanfmann and Chinese Zhizhen Zhang in the next round
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German Daniel Altmaier stunned in-form Russian Andrey Rublev, the second seed, 6-2, 6-2 to move into the quarter-finals of the Hamburg Open at Am Rothenbaum on Thursday evening.
Altmaier, ranked No 61, will face the winner of the match between German Yannick Hanfmann and Chinese Zhizhen Zhang next.
Special from start to finish 👏@daniel_altmaier dismisses Rublev 6-2 6-2 for a 2nd Top 10 victory of the season!@hamburgopen | #hamburgopen pic.twitter.com/8epFrUQD2J
— ATP Tour (@atptour) July 27, 2023
In the previous round of the Hamburg tournament, the German won against Frenchman Richard Gasquet (7-5, 6-4).
Rublev, ranked No 7, edged out Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles (5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (7)) in the first round of the Hamburg tournament.
Hamburg ATP500, other second-round results (Am Rothenbaum, clay, EUR 1.831.515, most recent results first):
- Yannick Hanfmann vs. Zhizhen Zhang
- Casper Ruud (1) beat Cristian Garin (Q): 1-6, 6-2, 6-2
- Lorenzo Musetti (3) beat Jozef Kovalik (LL): 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Arthur Fils beat Dusan Lajovic: 7-5, 7-5
- Alexander Zverev (4) beat Maximilian Marterer (WC): 6-3, 7-5
- Luca Van Assche beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (7): 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Laslo Djere beat Guido Pella: 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
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