Italian tennis players are starting to prepare for Wimbledon by playing other tournaments on grass
3.30pm – In Birmingham Lucia Bronzetti advances to the round, beating Magdalena Frech in three sets with a score of 2-6 6-3 6-4. Match interrupted due to rain between Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Jelena Ostapenko at 6-3 4-2 for the Latvian tennis player.
2.30pm – Victorious debut for Lorenzo Sonego in the first round at the ‘Wortmann Open’ in Halle (ATP 500 on grass at the OWL Arena, prize money of 2,411,390 euros) at the expense of the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic (n. 54 in the ranking) beaten 7-6 7-6. Now the Turin tennis player will face, in the second round, the winner of the German derby between Oscar Otte and the no. 4 in the world Alexander Zverev.
2.23pm – Good debut at the Queens Club for the winner of the tournament in 2014, Grigor Dimitrov, who swept away Adrian Mannarino (35) in two sets 6-1, 6-2.
2.06pm – American Sloane Stephens (31) advanced to the second round in Birmingham, overcoming Yue Yuan (25) 6-3, 6-3.
1.50pm – The first results of the day are here. In Halle, Felix Auger-Aliassime (23) retired while trailing 6-4, 4-3 against Dominik Koepfer (30) while Daria Kasatkina (27) beat Marta Kostyuk (21) 4-6, 7-6 , 6 -3 in Berlin.
The highlights of the meeting
Flashscore
08:00 – Lorenzo Sonego will challenge the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic at 12pm at the Halle tournament. At the same time, Lucia Bronzetti will face Poland’s Magdalena Frech in Birmingham. Shortly afterwards it will be Elisabetta Cocciaretto’s turn against Jelena Ostapenko
