Halle: Bublik downs seventh seed Coric in round one
Alexander Bublik defeated Borna Coric 6-3, 6-1 on Tuesday evening and will play the winner of the match between Russian qualifier Roman Safiullin and German Jan-Lennard Struff in the next round

Kazakh Alexander Bublik reached the second round of Halle by beating Croat Borna Coric, the No 7 seed, 6-3, 6-1 at the Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion on Tuesday evening.
Bublik, ranked No 48, will face the winner of the match between Russian qualifier Roman Safiullin and German Jan-Lennard Struff next.
Halle ATP500, other first-round results (Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion, grass, EUR 2.195.175, most recent results first):
- Roman Safiullin vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Christopher Eubanks vs. Hubert Hurkacz
- Alexander Zverev (9) beat Dominic Thiem (WC): 6-3, 6-4
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-2, 7-5
- Andrey Rublev (3) beat Yibing Wu: 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-2
- Yannick Hanfmann (WC) beat Louis Wessels (Q): 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Jannik Sinner (4) beat Richard Gasquet: 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
- Lorenzo Sonego beat Aslan Karatsev (LL): 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
- Roberto Bautista Agut (8) beat Andrea Vavassori (LL): 6-3, 6-4
- Daniil Medvedev (1) beat Marcos Giron (Q): 6-4, 6-3
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (2) beat Gregoire Barrere: 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-6 (3)
- Nicolas Jarry beat Corentin Moutet: 6-3, 7-5
- Denis Shapovalov beat Lloyd Harris: 7-6 (1), 6-4
- Brandon Nakashima beat Mikael Ymer: 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
- Laslo Djere beat Oscar Otte (WC): 7-6 (3), 6-3