Hostilities begin in Halle. The German tournament begins, now historic before Wimbledon, with a large Italian presence. Lorenzo Sonego he managed to get the better of Miomir Kecmanovic, Flavio Cobolli he will take the field in a few minutes against Hubert Hurkacz while we will see him on the field between tomorrow and the day after tomorrow Lorenzo Darderi and above all Jannik Sinner.
The latter, who will debut against Tallon Griekspoor in a non-trivial match, knows his possible opponent in the round of 16. AND Fabian Marozsanwho beats the Russian in three sets Roman Safiullin: match fought for an hour and a half, but then the world number 40 runs out of fuel and is outclassed by the Hungarian.
Good debut for Daniil Medvedev, who was called to a commitment not to be underestimated with the Portuguese Nuno Borges. The number 5 in the world starts poorly, but then returns to the ranks to overcome the Portuguese player and go on to face the Chinese Zhang Zhizhen in the round of 16, capable of defeating the Austrian Sebastian Ofner. Bad news however for Felix Auger-Aliassime, forced to retire in the match against Dominik Koepfer: two weeks before Wimbledon certainly doesn’t bode well.
ATP HALLE, RESULTS 17 JUNE
D. Koepfer b. F. Auger-Aliassime 6-4 4-3 RET.
L. Sonego b. M. Kecmanovic 7-6 7-6
Z. Zhang b. S. Ofner 7-6 6-7 6-4
F. Marozsan b. R. Safiullin 7-5 4-6 6-1
D. Medvedev b. N. Borges 7-6 6-4
