On the first day of the ATP 500 tournament on grass in Halle, the two best female tennis players performed. While Daniil Medvedev won easily, Stefanos Tsitsipas was in big trouble.

Last season, Daniil Medvedev reached the final of the ATP tournament in Halle, where he lost to Hubert Hurkacz. He also entered this year’s edition as a seed and main favorite, and on Monday he confirmed his aspirations. In the first round match against Marcos Giron he was not broken once and won 6:4, 6:3.

– This is what playing on the grass sometimes looks like. You only need to smash your opponent once and you can win a set. I just did it and I’m happy – said the 27-year-old Moscow, who will face Laslo Djere in the second round, as quoted by atptour.com. The Serb dominated Oscar Otte, the wild card holder.

On Monday, the event’s second-highest ranked participant, Stefanos Tsitsipas, also performed. The Greek in the duel with Grégoire Barrère was in great difficulty. He was losing with a lost set and a break, but he made up for his loss and after almost two and a half hours of competition, he beat the Frenchman 6:7(6), 6:4, 7:6(5).

“When I lost, I tried to smile. I also thought about what I could do better. Somehow it worked,” the Athens tennis player revealed. His next opponent will be Nicolas Jarry. The Chilean took care of Corentin Moutet.

Brandon Nakashima also made up for his loss of a set and a break by beating Mikael Ymer 4-6, 6-4, 7-5. Denis Shapovalov also qualified for the 1/8 finals. The Canadian never dropped a serve and won 7-6(1), 6-4 against Lloyd Harris.

Nick Kyrgios withdrew from the tournament due to left knee surgery issues in January. Instead of the Australian as the so-called “Lucky Loser” Aslan Karatsev entered the qualification ladder.

Terra Wortmann Open, Halle (Germany)
ATP 500, grass pitch, prize pool of 2.195 million euros
Monday, June 19

1st round of singles:

Daniil Medvedev (1) – Marcos Giron (USA) 6-4, 6-3
Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece, 2/CM) v Grégoire Barrere (France) 6-7(6), 6-4, 7-6(5)
Brandon Nakashima (USA) – Mikael Ymer (Sweden) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
Nicolas Jarry (Chile) – Corentin Moutet (France) 6-3, 7-5
Denis Shapovalov (Canada) v Lloyd Harris (South Africa, HR) 7:6(1), 6:4
Laslo Djere (Serbia) bt Oscar Otte (Germany, WC) 7-6(3), 6-3

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