Rotterdam Open: Rune comes through Safiullin test to reach second round
Holger Rune won against Roman Safiullin 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 on Wednesday. He’ll play Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko in the next round
Holger Rune (JB Autissier)
Dane Holger Rune, the No 3 seed, advanced to the second round of the Rotterdam Open by winning against Russian Roman Safiullin 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 at the Rotterdam Ahoy.
Rune, ranked No 7, will face Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko next.
Rotterdam ATP 500, other first-round results (Rotterdam Ahoy, hard, EUR 2.134.985, most recent results first):
- Jannik Sinner vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Grigor Dimitrov (6) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Ugo Humbert (7): 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3
- Gael Monfils (WC) beat Denis Shapovalov (Q): 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5)
- Hubert Hurkacz (4) beat Jiri Lehecka: 6-3, 6-7 (9), 7-6 (9)
- Andrey Rublev (2) beat Zizou Bergs (Q): 7-5, 6-3
- Jan-Lennard Struff beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)
- Alex De Minaur (5) beat Sebastian Korda: 6-4, 6-3
- Marton Fucsovics beat Fabian Marozsan: 7-6 (5), 6-1
- Alexander Shevchenko beat Zhizhen Zhang: 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Alexander Bublik (8) beat Borna Coric: 6-3, 6-4
- Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Maxime Cressy (Q): 7-6 (3), 7-6 (8)
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Lorenzo Musetti: 3-6, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (3)
- Milos Raonic beat Jesper De Jong (WC): 7-6 (5), 6-4
- David Goffin (Q) beat Dino Prizmic (WC): 6-4, 6-7 (12), 6-1
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