Halle: Griekspoor picks up where he left off in Holland

Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor continued his fine form as he reached the second round of Halle by defeating Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena 6-2, 7-5 at the Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion on Tuesday.

The champion in Holland last week, Griekspoor, ranked No 29, will play the winner of the match between American qualifier Christopher Eubanks and Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 6 seed, 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
• Borna Coric vs. Alexander Bublik
• Alexander Zverev vs. Dominic Thiem: tuesday
• 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