Halle Open: Rublev in control against Ofner

Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 4 seed, beat Austrian qualifier Sebastian Ofner 6-3, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Halle Open at the Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion on Tuesday.

Rublev, ranked No 14, will play the winner of the match between Spaniard Pedro Martinez Portero and Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry next.

Halle ATP 500, other first-round results (Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion, grass, EUR 2.522.220, most recent results first):

• Marcos Giron vs. Alexander Zverev
• Zizou Bergs vs. Karen Khachanov
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
• Jannik Sinner vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Laslo Djere
• Joao Fonseca vs. Flavio Cobolli
• Ugo Humbert vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Alex Michelsen
• Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry: tuesday
• Jesper De Jong vs. Tomas Machac: tuesday
• Quentin Halys beat Benjamin Bonzi (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Luciano Darderi: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
• Alexander Bublik beat Alexandre Muller: 6-4, 6-4
• Daniil Medvedev (3) beat Daniel Altmaier (WC): 6-3, 6-3
• Fabian Marozsan beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4