European Open: Barrere holds off Galan for second round berth
Gregoire Barrere beat Daniel Elahi Galan 6-1, 7-6 (5) on Monday afternoon. He’ll face No 3 seed Alexander Bublik in the next round
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Gregoire Barrere won against Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan 6-1, 7-6 (5) to move into the second round of the European Open at the Lotto Arena in Antwerp on Monday afternoon.
The Frenchman served well to see off a second set fight back from Galan, making 69 percent of his first serves and winning the point 81 percent of the time. He also played error-free tennis, striking zero unforced errors across the course of the one hour, 12 minute match.
Barrere, ranked No 72, will face No 3 seed Alexander Bublik next.
Antwerp ATP250, other first-round results (Lotto Arena, EUR 673.630, most recent results first):
- Nuno Borges vs. Dominik Koepfer
- Dominic Stricker vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Luca Nardi vs. Dominic Thiem
- Alexander Blockx vs. Yannick Hanfmann
- Richard Gasquet vs. Maximilian Marterer
- Fabian Marozsan vs. Juan Pablo Varillas
- Benjamin Bonzi vs. Alexander Shevchenko
- Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
- David Goffin vs. Quentin Halys
- Arthur Rinderknech vs. Hugo Gaston
- Jaume Munar vs. Mark Lajal: monday
