There were two matches left to complete the first round matches in the ATP 500 tournament in Halle and Matteo Berrettini and Luciano Darderi were involved. The outcome was one victory and one defeat: Berrettini confirms the excellent signs of recent weeks and beat the American Alex Michelsen on his debut 7-6 6-2; while Darderi comes close to achieving the feat against the German Jan-Lennard Struff, coming from behind 6-7 7-5 7-6 after more than two and a half hours of play and ten match points canceled out by his opponent.
The challenge between Italy and Germany, however, goes to the latter, given that Lorenzo Sonego failed to subvert the prediction against Alexander Zverev. A very good performance from the Piedmontese, but in the end it was the number four in the world who prevailed in two hard-fought sets 6-4 7-6.
Zverev thus gains access to the quarter-finals, where he will face the Frenchman Arthur Fils, who beat the German Dominik Koepfer with a score of 6-3 6-4.
Grass continues to be an unloved surface for Daniil Medvedev and the Russian falls against the Chinese Zhizhen Zhang in three sets with the score of 6-3 2-6 7-6. The Asian tennis player will face the American in the quarterfinals Christopher Eubankswho defeated seventh-seeded Kazakh Alexander Bublik 7-6 4-6 6-3.
ATP HALLE RESULTS 2024 (19 JUNE)
Berrettini (Ita) b. Michelsen (USA) 7-6 6-2
Struff (Ger) b. Darderi (Ita) 6-7 7-5 7-6
Fils (Fra) b. Koepfer (Ger) 6-3 6-4
Eubanks (USA) b. Bublik (Kaz) 7-6 4-6 6-3
Zhang (Chn) b. Medvedev (Rus) 6-3 2-6 7-6
