Stuttgart Open: Herbert moves into second round
Pierre-Hugues Herbert benefited from the abandonment of Damir Dzumhur (6-4, 3-0) on Tuesday. He’ll face No 3 seed Ben Shelton in the next round
Pierre-Hugues Herbert at Wimbledon in 2021 © AI / Reuters / Panoramic
French qualifier Pierre-Hugues Herbert reached the second round of the Stuttgart Open when Bosnian Damir Dzumhur retired on Tuesday at Tennisclub Weissenhof Stuttgart.
Herbert, ranked No 132, led 6-4, 3-0 when Dzumhur, ranked No 67, pulled out at Tennisclub Weissenhof Stuttgart on Tuesday.
The 34-year-old Frenchman will face No 3 seed Ben Shelton next.
Stuttgart ATP 250, other first-round results (Tennisclub Weissenhof Stuttgart, grass, EUR 751.630, most recent results first):
- Alex Michelsen vs. Gael Monfils
- Fabio Fognini vs. Corentin Moutet
- Learner Tien vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
- Quentin Halys vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Justin Engel vs. James Duckworth
- Yannick Hanfmann vs. Marton Fucsovics: tuesday
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Arthur Rinderknech: tuesday
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard beat Roman Safiullin: 7-6 (10), 3-6, 7-5
- Jan-Lennard Struff (WC) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-4, 6-4
- Brandon Nakashima (6) beat Jacob Fearnley: 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1
- Jiri Lehecka (8) beat Benjamin Bonzi: 6-4, 6-4
