Rublev rolling on in Hamburg, books spot in second round

Russian Andrey Rublev, the second seed, reached the second round of the Hamburg Open by winning against Lithuanian lucky loser Ricardas Berankis 6-3, 6-4 at Am Rothenbaum on Wednesday.

Rublev, ranked No 8, will play Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo next.

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

• Francisco Cerundolo beat Daniel Altmaier: 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Daniel Elahi Galan (Q) beat Federico Coria: 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Aslan Karatsev beat Nikoloz Basilashvili (6): 6-4, 6-0
• Filip Krajinovic beat Sebastian Baez: 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (6)
• Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Nicola Kuhn (WC): 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (3)
• Fabio Fognini beat Aljaz Bedene: 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
• Pablo Carreno Busta (4) beat Luca Nardi (Q): 6-2, 6-1
• Emil Ruusuvuori beat Diego Schwartzman (3): 7-5, 6-4
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Holger Rune (8): 7-6 (8), 7-5
• Borna Coric beat Laslo Djere: 1-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3
• 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