Rotterdam Open: Hurkacz edges past Lehecka in thriller to make second round
Hubert Hurkacz edged out Jiri Lehecka 6-3, 6-7 (9), 7-6 (9) on Tuesday evening. He’ll play Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor in the next round
Hubert Hurkacz (Corinne Dubreil)
Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 4 seed, advanced to the second round of the Rotterdam Open by edging out Jiri Lehecka 6-3, 6-7 (9), 7-6 (9) at the Rotterdam Ahoy.
Hurkacz, ranked No 8, will face Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor next.
Rotterdam ATP 500, other first-round results (Rotterdam Ahoy, hard, EUR 2.134.985, most recent results first):
- Jannik Sinner vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Roman Safiullin vs. Holger Rune
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Ugo Humbert
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Gael Monfils
- Andrey Rublev (2) beat Zizou Bergs (Q): 7-5, 6-3
- Jan-Lennard Struff beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)
- Alex De Minaur (5) beat Sebastian Korda: 6-4, 6-3
- Marton Fucsovics beat Fabian Marozsan: 7-6 (5), 6-1
- Alexander Shevchenko beat Zhizhen Zhang: 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Alexander Bublik (8) beat Borna Coric: 6-3, 6-4
- Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Maxime Cressy (Q): 7-6 (3), 7-6 (8)
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Lorenzo Musetti: 3-6, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (3)
- Milos Raonic beat Jesper De Jong (WC): 7-6 (5), 6-4
- David Goffin (Q) beat Dino Prizmic (WC): 6-4, 6-7 (12), 6-1
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