Halle Open: Zhang battles past Ofner to reach second round
Zhizhen Zhang beat Sebastian Ofner 7-6 (8), 6-7 (3), 6-4. He’ll play the winner of the match between Daniil Medvedev and Nuno Borges in the next round
Zhizhen Zhang grass 2023 – Action Plus / Panoramic
Chinese Zhizhen Zhang edged out Austrian Sebastian Ofner 7-6 (8), 6-7 (3), 6-4 to advance to the second round of the Halle Open at the Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion.
Zhang, ranked No 42, will play the winner of the match between Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 3 seed, and Portuguese Nuno Borges 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: monday
- Lorenzo Sonego beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5)
- Dominik Koepfer (WC) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (8): 6-4, 4-3 ret.
