The first round matches in the ATP 250 tournament in Munich have been completed. A very difficult debut, but a winning one Felix Auger-Aliassime, seeded number five. The Canadian emerged victorious from a crazy tie-break battle with the German Maximilian Marterer, prevailing with the score 6-7 7-6 7-6 after three and a half hours of play and coming back from 2-5 down in the third set, also canceling a match point. Now Auger-Aliassime will face Japanese Taro Daniel, who beat Australian Christopher O’Connell 6-3 6-4.
The Austrian Jurij Rodionov will face Alexander Zverev in the second round, following his 6-2 6-3 victory against Australian Aleksander Vukic. Zverev is the number one seed, while Holger Rune is the second, with the Dane who will face the Colombian Daniel Galan, who beat the Argentine Camilo Ugo Carabelli 7-6 6-4.
The only German victory of the day came thanks to Yannick Hanfmann. The German managed to overcome Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko, winning in the third set with a score of 6-7 6-3 7-5. Defeat for Dominik Koepfer, number seven seeded, beaten by the Chilean Cristian Garin 7-6 6-3.
Another German defeat was that of Marko Topo, but the world number 320 savored success against the Swiss Marc-Andrea Huesler, who came from behind to win 3-6 6-1 6-3. To close the victory of the Dutchman Botic Van de Zandschulp against the Russian Ivan Gakhov (6-4 2-6 6-3).
ATP MUNICH RESULTS 2024 (16 APRIL)
Rodionov (Aut) b. Vukic (Aus) 6-2 6-3
Daniel (Jpn) b. O’Connell (Aus) 6-3 6-4
Garin (Chn) b. Koepfer (Ger) 7-6 6-3
Galan (Col) b. Ugo Carabelli (Arg) 7-6 6-4
Auger-Aliassime (Can) b. Marterer (Ger) 6-7 7-6 7-6
Van de Zandschulp (Ned) b. Gakhov (Rus) 6-4 2-6 6-3
Hanfmann (Ger) b. Shevchenko (Kaz) 6-7 6-3 7-5
Huesler (Sui) b. Topo (Ger) 3-6 6-1 6-3
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