Andrey Rublev won a tough NextGen clash, as he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas 62 36 76. The young Russian had seemed in control in the first set, but dropped the second and was then down five-one in the third set tiebreak. He saved match points and emerged the victor nine-seven in the third.
First Round:
Jerzy Janowicz defeats Yannik Reuter 62 63. Former Wimbledon semi-finalist Janowicz eliminated Reuter easily in a match that lasted an hour and thirteen minutes.
Mathias Bourgue defeats (LL) Gregoire Jacq 76 62. Bourgue had been expected to face second seed Jeremy Chardy, but he pulled out with a lower back injury and was replaced by Jacq. Bourgue had led five-two with a double break in the first set, but a Jacq comeback forced a tiebreak. After winning the tiebreak Bourgue looked in control, and Jacq flung his racket in disgust upon surrendering the first break of the second set, the favoured player Bourgue then cruising through.
Second round
Quentin Halys defeats Teymuraz Gabashvili 63 64. An impressive win for the inconsistent Frenchman Halys, who backed up his first round win over Miljan Zekic with this win. Gabashvili had knocked out fourth seed Evgeny Donskoy in the first round, but could not produce the goods in this match.
(Q) Aslan Karatsev defeats Stefano Napolitano 63 75. Karatsev got the best win of his career by knocking out the sixth seed Vincent Millot in the first round, and won again against the young Italian Napolitano. He broke early in the first, before securing the win with a late break in the second. Napolitano improved in the second, but could not break the Russian’s serve.
(8) Peter Gojowcyzk defeats Steven Diez 62 67 64. Eighth seed Gojowcyzk nearly went the way of a number of other seeds, as the German dropped the second set to Canadian Steven Diez on a tiebreak. Gojowyczk recovered to edge the third though, and is into the quarter-finals.