Rotterdam Open: Griekspoor edges out Berrettini

Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor edged out Italian Matteo Berrettini 6-3, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (4) to reach the second round of the Rotterdam Open at the Rotterdam Ahoy on Wednesday.

“Those tie-breaks from last year went through my head,” said Griekspoor. “Here in Rotterdam it’s such a stacked draw, so many good players. Matteo is such a high quality player, so I knew I had to take care of my own games and wait for those one, two chances in his games, which I didn’t really get. It was a battle from the first point to the last.

“I love playing on this court, this is by far my favourite court in the world. I had so many beautiful wins on this court and this is definitely one of the most beautiful ones. I live for these types of matches.”

Griekspoor, ranked No 43, will play Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 6 seed, next.

Rotterdam ATP 500, other first-round results (Rotterdam Ahoy, hard, EUR 2.563.150, most recent results first):

• Andrea Vavassori (Q) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime: 6-7 (3), 6-4 ret.
• Fabian Marozsan beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (3)
• Daniel Altmaier (LL) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Arthur Fils (7) beat Constant Lestienne (Q): 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-1
• Holger Rune (5) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Botic van de Zandschulp (WC): 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-1
• Pedro Martinez Portero beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-3, 6-2
• Andrey Rublev (4) beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-3, 6-4
• Jakub Mensik beat Alexander Bublik: 6-4, 6-4
• Alex De Minaur (3) beat David Goffin: 6-2, 6-4
• Jiri Lehecka beat Alexei Popyrin: 7-5, 6-2
• Mattia Bellucci (Q) beat Mees Rottgering (WC): 6-3, 6-2
• Daniil Medvedev (2) beat Stan Wawrinka (WC): 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-1
• Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Harold Mayot (Q): 6-1, 7-5
• Hubert Hurkacz (8) beat Flavio Cobolli: 6-3, 6-2