Halle Open: Machac reaches second round

No 7 seed Tomas Machac advanced to the second round of the Halle Open by winning against Dutch lucky loser Jesper De Jong 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 at the Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion on Tuesday.

Machac, ranked No 23, will play Hungarian Fabian Marozsan next.

Halle ATP 500, other first-round results (Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion, grass, EUR 2.522.220, most recent results first):

• Marcos Giron vs. Alexander Zverev
• Zizou Bergs vs. Karen Khachanov
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
• Jannik Sinner vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Laslo Djere
• Ugo Humbert vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Alex Michelsen: tuesday
• Joao Fonseca vs. Flavio Cobolli: tuesday
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 6-1, 6-3
• Andrey Rublev (4) beat Sebastian Ofner (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Quentin Halys beat Benjamin Bonzi (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Luciano Darderi: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
• Alexander Bublik beat Alexandre Muller: 6-4, 6-4
• Daniil Medvedev (3) beat Daniel Altmaier (WC): 6-3, 6-3
• Fabian Marozsan beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4