Metz Open: Valkusz reaches second round
Mate Valkusz beat Daniel Altmaier 6-2, 6-2 on Tuesday and will play Russian Alexander Shevchenko in the next round
Mate Valkusz 2023 (CTK / Photobank)
Hungarian lucky loser Mate Valkusz moved into the second round of the Metz Open by winning against German Daniel Altmaier 6-2, 6-2 at Arènes de Metz on Tuesday.
Valkusz, ranked No 232, will face Russian Alexander Shevchenko next.
Metz ATP250, other first-round results (Arènes de Metz, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):
- Abdullah Shelbayh vs. Hugo Gaston
- Thiago Seyboth Wild vs. Fabio Fognini: tuesday
- Luca Van Assche beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Stan Wawrinka (8) beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-0, 6-2
- Harold Mayot (Q) beat Yosuke Watanuki: 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
- Dominic Thiem beat Matteo Martineau (LL): 6-4, 6-2
- Constant Lestienne beat Calvin Hemery (Q): 6-3, 6-2
- Alexander Shevchenko beat Mathias Bourgue (Q): 6-4, 7-5
- Lorenzo Sonego (6) beat Marcos Giron: 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Gregoire Barrere beat Yannick Hanfmann (7): 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Pierre-Hugues Herbert (WC) beat Arthur Cazaux (WC): 7-6 (7), 6-4
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