Halle Open: Giron advances to second round, defeats Rublev
Marcos Giron defeated Andrey Rublev 6-4, 7-6 (5) on Tuesday. He’ll play the winner of the match between Italian Matteo Berrettini and American qualifier Alex Michelsen in the next round

American Marcos Giron moved into the second round of the Halle Open by winning against Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 4 seed, 6-4, 7-6 (5) at the Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion on Tuesday.
Giron, ranked No 53, will play the winner of the match between Italian Matteo Berrettini and American qualifier Alex Michelsen next.
Halle ATP 500, other first-round results (Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion, grass, EUR 2.255.655, most recent results first):
- Luciano Darderi vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Henri Squire vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Oscar Otte vs. Alexander Zverev
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Alex Michelsen
- Jannik Sinner vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Max Purcell vs. Alexander Bublik: tuesday
- Christopher Eubanks vs. Pedro Martinez: tuesday
- Arthur Fils beat Tomas Machac: 6-4, 6-4
- James Duckworth (Q) beat Joao Fonseca (WC): 6-4, 6-4
- Hubert Hurkacz (5) beat Flavio Cobolli: 7-5, 7-6 (2)
- Daniil Medvedev (3) beat Nuno Borges: 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Fabian Marozsan beat Roman Safiullin: 7-5, 4-6, 6-1
- Zhizhen Zhang beat Sebastian Ofner: 7-6 (8), 6-7 (3), 6-4
- Lorenzo Sonego beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5)
- Dominik Koepfer (WC) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (8): 6-4, 4-3 ret.