Vienna Open: Berrettini advances to Norrie, second round

Italian Matteo Berrettini won against Australian Alexei Popyrin 7-6 (5), 6-3 to reach the second round of the Vienna Open at the Wiener Stadthalle on Wednesday.

It’s Berrettini’s third win on the ATP Tour since his comeback attempt at Wimbledon. He had previously defeated Zappieri in Stockholm and Munar in Tokyo.

Berrettini, ranked No 59, will play Englishman Cameron Norrie next.

Vienna ATP 500, other first-round results (Wiener Stadthalle, hard, EUR 2.736.875, most recent results first):

• Jannik Sinner vs. Daniel Altmaier
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Nuno Borges
• Damir Dzumhur vs. Corentin Moutet: wednesday
• Flavio Cobolli beat Tomas Machac: 7-6 (6), 6-2
• Alexander Zverev (2) beat Jacob Fearnley (Q): 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (5)
• Lorenzo Musetti (4) beat Hamad Medjedovic (LL): 6-4, 6-3
• Francisco Cerundolo beat Alex Michelsen: 6-3, 6-1
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Nicolai Budkov Kjaer (WC): 6-3, 6-3
• Cameron Norrie beat Andrey Rublev (7): 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-2
• Filip Misolic (WC) beat Camilo Ugo Carabelli: 7-5, 7-6 (6)
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Karen Khachanov (5): 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
• Alex De Minaur (3) beat Jurij Rodionov (WC): 6-4, 6-1
• Matteo Arnaldi (Q) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic (Q): 7-5, 6-4
• Alexander Bublik (8) beat Alejandro Tabilo: 6-4, 6-4
• Brandon Nakashima beat Luciano Darderi: 6-2, 7-5