European Open: Goffin gets first win since Wimbledon
David Goffin beat Quentin Halys 6-4, 6-1 on Monday evening and will face the winner of the match between Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena, the No 6 seed, and French qualifier Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in the next round
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Belgian wildcard David Goffin defeated Frenchman Quentin Halys 6-4, 6-1 to move into the second round of the European Open at the Lotto Arena in Antwerp on Monday evening.
Goffin, ranked No 105, will play the winner of the match between Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena, the No 6 seed, and French qualifier Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard next.
Antwerp ATP250, other first-round results (Lotto Arena, EUR 673.630, most recent results first):
- Nuno Borges vs. Dominik Koepfer
- Dominic Stricker vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Luca Nardi vs. Dominic Thiem
- Alexander Blockx vs. Yannick Hanfmann
- Richard Gasquet vs. Maximilian Marterer
- Fabian Marozsan vs. Juan Pablo Varillas
- Benjamin Bonzi vs. Alexander Shevchenko
- Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
- Hugo Gaston beat Arthur Rinderknech: 7-6 (7), 6-4
- Mark Lajal (WC) beat Jaume Munar: 6-3, 6-4
- Gregoire Barrere beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 6-1, 7-6 (5)
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