Munich Open: German teenager Dedura-Palomero nets win on Tour debut as Shapovalov retires
Diego Dedura-Palomero benefitted from the abandonment of Denis Shapovalov (7-6 (2), 3-0) on Tuesday afternoon and will play the winner of the match between Belgian Zizou Bergs and Kazakh qualifier Alexander Bublik in the next round
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German lucky loser Diego Dedura-Palomero reached the second round of the Munich Open when Canadian Denis Shapovalov, the No 8 seed, retired on Tuesday afternoon at the MTTC Iphitos complex.
Deigo Dedura-Palomero led 7-6 (2), 3-0 when Shapovalov, ranked No 29, pulled out on Tuesday at the MTTC Iphitos complex.
The 17-year-old German will face the winner of the match between Belgian Zizou Bergs and Kazakh qualifier Alexander Bublik next.
Munich ATP 500, other first-round results (MTTC Iphitos complex, clay, EUR 2.500.000, most recent results first):
- Mariano Navone vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Zizou Bergs vs. Alexander Bublik
- Ugo Humbert vs. Nicolas Jarry
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Alexander Shevchenko: tuesday
- Francisco Cerundolo (5) beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 6-0, 6-2
- Fabian Marozsan beat Justin Engel (WC): 6-4, 6-1
- Botic van de Zandschulp (LL) beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
- Luciano Darderi beat Christopher O’Connell (LL): 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3)
- Yannick Hanfmann (WC) beat Jakub Mensik (6): 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3
- Daniel Altmaier (WC) beat Chun-Hsin Tseng (Q): 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5)
- Alexander Zverev (1) beat Alexandre Muller: 6-4, 6-1
- Ben Shelton (2) beat Borna Gojo (Q): 4-6, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (3)
- David Goffin beat Billy Harris (LL): 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-4
- Miomir Kecmanovic beat Marcos Giron: 6-2, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (9)
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Learner Tien (Q): 6-4, 6-2
