Halle: Rublev battles past Wu to reach second round
Andrey Rublev won against Yibing Wu 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-2 on Tuesday afternoon and will play wildcard Yannick Hanfmann in the next round
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Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 3 seed, moved into the second round of Halle by defeating Chinese Yibing Wu 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-2 at the Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion on Tuesday.
Rublev, ranked No 7, will face wildcard Yannick Hanfmann next.
Halle ATP500, other first-round results (Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion, grass, EUR 2.195.175, most recent results first):
- Roman Safiullin vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Christopher Eubanks vs. Hubert Hurkacz
- Borna Coric vs. Alexander Bublik
- Alexander Zverev vs. Dominic Thiem
- Tallon Griekspoor vs. Roberto Carballes Baena: tuesday
- Yannick Hanfmann beat Louis Wessels (Q): 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Jannik Sinner (4) beat Richard Gasquet: 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
- Lorenzo Sonego beat Aslan Karatsev (LL): 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
- Roberto Bautista Agut (8) beat Andrea Vavassori (LL): 6-3, 6-4
- Daniil Medvedev (1) beat Marcos Giron (Q): 6-4, 6-3
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (2) beat Gregoire Barrere: 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-6 (3)
- Nicolas Jarry beat Corentin Moutet: 6-3, 7-5
- Denis Shapovalov beat Lloyd Harris: 7-6 (1), 6-4
- Brandon Nakashima beat Mikael Ymer: 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
- Laslo Djere beat Oscar Otte (WC): 7-6 (3), 6-3
