Halle Open: Struff sees off Darderi on 10th match point, plays Tsitsipas next
Jan-Lennard Struff edged out Luciano Darderi 6-7 (2), 7-5, 7-6 (10) on Wednesday. He’ll face Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 6 seed, in the next round
Jan-Lennard Struff Stuttgart 2024 – Imago/Panoramic
German Jan-Lennard Struff moved into the second round of the Halle Open by edging out Italian Luciano Darderi 6-7 (2), 7-5, 7-6 (10) at the Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion on Wednesday.
Struff, ranked No 41, will face Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 6 seed, next. The German needed a whopping 10 match points to get the job done.
Halle ATP 500, other first-round results (Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion, grass, EUR 2.255.655, most recent results first):
- Matteo Berrettini beat Alex Michelsen (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-2
- Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Henri Squire (WC): 7-6 (7), 7-6 (2)
- Alexander Zverev (2) beat Oscar Otte (Q): 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4
- Jannik Sinner (1) beat Tallon Griekspoor: 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-2
- Alexander Bublik (7) beat Max Purcell (Q): 7-6 (1), 6-4
- Christopher Eubanks beat Pedro Martinez: 6-3, 6-4
- Marcos Giron beat Andrey Rublev (4): 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- 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.
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