Rune’s losing streak continues in Hamburg, Griekspoor books spot in second round

Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor reached the second round of the Hamburg Open by winning against Dane Holger Rune, the No 8 seed, 7-6 (8), 7-5 at Am Rothenbaum on Tuesday.

Rune has not won a match since his run to the quarter-finals of Roland-Garros, where he lost to Casper Ruud on June 1, 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3.

Since then he has lost in his opening matches in Halle, Eastbourne (where he was seeded eighth), Wimbledon (where he was the 24th seed), and Bastad (where he was seeded seventh) – and now Hamburg. He has also only won one set in those five matches since Paris, when he took the opener against Britain’s Ryan Peniston in the first round of Eastbourne.

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Griekspoor, ranked No 47, will face the winner of the match between Serb Laslo Djere and Croat Borna Coric next.

Hamburg ATP 500, other first-round results (Am Rothenbaum, clay, EUR 1.911.620, most recent results first):

• Alexander Bublik vs. Andrey Rublev
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Daniel Altmaier
• Federico Coria vs. Daniel Elahi Galan Riveros
• Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Aslan Karatsev
• Sebastian Baez vs. Filip Krajinovic
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Nicola Kuhn
• Aljaz Bedene vs. Fabio Fognini
• Pablo Carreno Busta vs. Luca Nardi
• Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Diego Schwartzman: tuesday
• Laslo Djere vs. Borna Coric: tuesday
• Karen Khachanov (7) beat Jan-Lennard Struff (WC): 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (2)
• Jozef Kovalik (Q) beat Max Hans Rehberg (WC): 3-6, 7-5, 6-1
• Lorenzo Musetti beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Alex Molcan beat Marko Topo (Q): 7-5, 6-3
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Botic van de Zandschulp (5): 6-4, 6-4