Hamburg Open: Davidovich Fokina reaches second round, takes out Gstaad champion Cachin

Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 7 seed, won against Argentinian Pedro Cachin 2-6, 7-5, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the Hamburg Open at Am Rothenbaum on Tuesday afternoon.

Davidovich Fokina, ranked No 39, will face Luca Van Assche next.

Foki Fights Back 🥊@alexdavidovich1 comes from a set down to beat Gstaad Champion Cachin 2-6 7-5 6-2!#hamburgopen pic.twitter.com/8OYY2V8Bba

— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) July 25, 2023

Hamburg ATP500, other first-round results (Am Rothenbaum, clay, EUR 1.831.515, most recent results first):

• Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Andrey Rublev
• Casper Ruud vs. Sebastian Baez
• Dusan Lajovic vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• Jan Choinski vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Arthur Fils beat Daniel Elahi Galan (LL): 7-5, 7-5
• Alexander Zverev (4) beat Alex Molcan: 6-0, 6-3
• Jozef Kovalik (LL) beat Thiago Seyboth Wild (Q): 7-6 (6), 6-4
• Cristian Garin (Q) beat Hugo Dellien: 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-3
• Maximilian Marterer (WC) beat Rudolf Molleker (WC): 7-6 (2), 6-2
• Lorenzo Musetti (3) beat Elias Ymer (Q): 6-4, 6-1
• Daniel Altmaier beat Richard Gasquet: 7-5, 6-4
• Guido Pella beat Thiago Monteiro (LL): 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
• Laslo Djere beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (6): 7-6 (2), 6-3
• Luca Van Assche beat Alexandre Muller: 7-6 (3), 6-4