Hamburg Open: Muller books spot in second round
Alexandre Muller beat Elias Ymer 6-3, 7-5 on Monday afternoon and will face the winner of the match between German Alexander Zverev, the top seed, and American qualifier Aleksandar Kovacevic in the next round

Frenchman Alexandre Muller moved into the second round of the Hamburg Open by winning against Swede qualifier Elias Ymer 6-3, 7-5 at Tennis Stadion on Monday afternoon.
Muller, ranked No 40, will play the winner of the match between German Alexander Zverev, the top seed, and American qualifier Aleksandar Kovacevic next.
Hamburg ATP 500, other first-round results (Tennis Stadion, clay, EUR 2.158.560, most recent results first):
- Daniel Altmaier vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Gael Monfils
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Alexander Bublik
- Yunchaokete Bu vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Sebastian Baez vs. Camilo Ugo Carabelli
- Vitaliy Sachko vs. Flavio Cobolli
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Francisco Comesana
- Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Justin Engel
- Alexander Zverev vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic: monday
- Borna Gojo vs. Jiri Lehecka: monday
- Andrey Rublev (3) beat Damir Dzumhur: 6-4, 6-3
- Roberto Bautista Agut beat Marcos Giron: 7-6 (5), 6-0
- Brandon Nakashima (7) beat Raphael Collignon (Q): 6-5 ret.
- Francisco Cerundolo (4) beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 6-2, 6-3
- Luciano Darderi beat Diego Dedura-Palomero (WC): 6-1, 6-4