Rotterdam Open: Struff battles past Davidovich Fokina to make second round
Jan-Lennard Struff beat Davidovich Fokina 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4) and will play the winner of the match between Ruusuvuori and Ugo Humbert in the next round
Tennis – Madrid Open – Park Manzanares, Madrid, Spain – May 5, 2023 Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff reacts during his semi final match against Russia’s Aslan Karatsev (Laurent Lairys/Panoramic)
German Jan-Lennard Struff edged out Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4) to move into the second round of the Rotterdam Open at the Rotterdam Ahoy.
Struff, ranked No 25, will face the winner of the match between Finn Emil Ruusuvuori and Frenchman Ugo Humbert, the No 7 seed, next.
Rotterdam ATP 500, other first-round results (Rotterdam Ahoy, hard, EUR 2.134.985, most recent results first):
- Jannik Sinner vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Roman Safiullin vs. Holger Rune
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Ugo Humbert
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Gael Monfils
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Jiri Lehecka: tuesday
- Andrey Rublev (2) beat Zizou Bergs (Q): 7-5, 6-3
- Alex De Minaur (5) beat Sebastian Korda: 6-4, 6-3
- Marton Fucsovics beat Fabian Marozsan: 7-6 (5), 6-1
- Alexander Shevchenko beat Zhizhen Zhang: 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Alexander Bublik (8) beat Borna Coric: 6-3, 6-4
- Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Maxime Cressy (Q): 7-6 (3), 7-6 (8)
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Lorenzo Musetti: 3-6, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (3)
- Milos Raonic beat Jesper De Jong (WC): 7-6 (5), 6-4
- David Goffin (Q) beat Dino Prizmic (WC): 6-4, 6-7 (12), 6-1
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