Medvedev bounces back in Halle

Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 3 seed, moved into the second round of the Halle Open by beating German wildcard Daniel Altmaier 6-3, 6-3 at the Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion on Monday.

The Russian Daniil Medvedev has now collected at least 20 ATP Tour wins in all the last 9 seasons.

Medvedev, ranked No 11, will face the winner of the match between Quentin Halys and qualifier Benjamin Bonzi next.

Halle ATP 500, other first-round results (Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion, grass, EUR 2.522.220, most recent results first):

• Marcos Giron vs. Alexander Zverev
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
• Joao Fonseca vs. Flavio Cobolli
• Ugo Humbert vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Alex Michelsen
• Zizou Bergs vs. Karen Khachanov
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Laslo Djere
• Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Andrey Rublev vs. Sebastian Ofner
• Jesper De Jong vs. Tomas Machac
• Jannik Sinner vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Luciano Darderi
• Quentin Halys vs. Benjamin Bonzi
• Alexandre Muller vs. Alexander Bublik: monday
• Fabian Marozsan beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4