ATP roundup: Andrey Rublev saves 3 match points to win in Hamburg

27.07.2023 - 01:13 channelnewsasia.com

Second-seeded Andrey Rublev saved three match points in the deciding tiebreaker to escape with a 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (7) victory over Spain's Bernabe Zapata Miralles in the first round of the Hamburg European Open on Wednesday.The Russian trailed 6-4 in the tiebreak before saving the next two points.

After Zapata Miralles went back ahead 7-6, Rublev saved another as part of recording three straight points to win the two-hour, 53-minute match.In another first-round match, top-seeded Casper Ruud of Norway notched a 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 victory over Argentina's Sebastian Baez.In second-round play, fourth-seeded Alexander Zverev beat Maximilian Marterer 6-3, 7-5 in an all-German affair.

Other second-round winners include Frenchman Luca Van Assche and Serbian Laslo Djere.Plava Laguna Croatia Open UmagAustralia's Alexei Popyrin converted four of five break points while posting a 6-4, 6-1 victory over third-seeded Austrian Sebastian Ofner in a second-round match at Umag.In other second-round play, seventh-seeded Matteo Arnaldi was a 6-3, 7-6 (5) winner over fellow Italian Flavio Cobolli.

Also, Croatia's Dino Prizmic beat Hungary's Zsombor Piros 6-2, 6-3.Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka, the No. 6 seed, registered a 6-3, 6-2 win over Filip Misolic of Austria.

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