Metz Open: Herbert moves into second round
Pierre-Hugues Herbert edged out Pedro Martinez Portero 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (4) on Monday and will face the winner of the match between qualifier Quentin Halys and lucky loser Theo Papamalamis in the next round
French lucky loser Pierre-Hugues Herbert edged out Spaniard Pedro Martinez Portero, the No 6 seed, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (4) to move into the second round of the Metz Open at the Arènes de Metz on Monday afternoon.
Herbert, ranked No 127, will play the winner of the match between qualifier Quentin Halys and lucky loser Theo Papamalamis next.
Metz ATP 250, other first-round results (Arènes de Metz, hard, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Benjamin Bonzi
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Yunchaokete Bu
- Hugo Gaston vs. Titouan Droguet
- Manuel Guinard vs. Zizou Bergs
- Cameron Norrie vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- Richard Gasquet vs. Thiago Monteiro
- Quentin Halys vs. Theo Papamalamis
- Jan-Lennard Struff (7) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Lorenzo Sonego beat Gregoire Barrere (LL): 6-4, 7-5
- Alex Michelsen (8) beat Harold Mayot (WC): 6-3, 6-1
- Corentin Moutet beat Sumit Nagal: 7-5, 4-0 ret.
