Halle Open: Sonego edges past Kecmanovic to reach second round
Lorenzo Sonego beat Miomir Kecmanovic 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5). He’ll play the winner of the match between Oscar Otte and Alexander Zverev in the next round

Italian Lorenzo Sonego advanced to the second round of the Halle Open by defeating Serb Miomir Kecmanovic 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5) at the Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion.
Sonego, ranked No 57, will play the winner of the match between qualifier Oscar Otte and second seed Alexander Zverev next.
Halle ATP 500, other first-round results (Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion, grass, EUR 2.255.655, most recent results first):
- Oscar Otte vs. Alexander Zverev
- Arthur Fils vs. Tomas Machac
- Marcos Giron vs. Andrey Rublev
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Alex Michelsen
- Joao Fonseca vs. James Duckworth
- Max Purcell vs. Alexander Bublik
- Christopher Eubanks vs. Pedro Martinez
- Henri Squire vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Luciano Darderi vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Jannik Sinner vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Flavio Cobolli
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Nuno Borges
- Fabian Marozsan vs. Roman Safiullin
- Sebastian Ofner vs. Zhizhen Zhang: monday
- Dominik Koepfer (WC) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (8): 6-4, 4-3 ret.