Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Gael Monfils 6-3 6-3 to reach the second round at the Bipanda Hamburg Open.
Davidovich Fokina won 58 % of points on Monfils’ second serve to improve to 2-0 in their head-to-head matches.
Monfils broke serve at love in the fourth game to take a 3-1 lead. Davidovich Fokina broke straight back in the fifth game and consolidated the break by holding serve to draw level to 3-3. Davidovich Fokina broke twice in the seventh and ninth games to win the first set 6-3. Davidovich Fokina converted his third break point in the eighth game and sealed the win on his fourth match point.
Davidovich Fokina will take on Flavio Cobolli, who beat Vitaliy Sacko 5-7 6-2 6-2. Both players traded breaks in the fifth and sixth games. Sacko broke for the second time in the seventh game to take a 4-3 lead. Cobolli broke back in the 10th game to draw level to 5-5. Sacko converted his fourth break point in the 11th game to win the first set 7-5.
Cobolli broke in the second game to take a 2-0 lead. Sacko broke straight back for 1-2. Cobolli earned two breaks in the fourth and eighth games to win the second set 6-2.
Cobolli went up a double break to race out to a 4-0 lead. Sacko pulled one break back in the fifth game. Cobolli sealed the win with a break at love in the 10th game.
Frances Tiafoe beat Buyunchakoete 7-5 6-2 to set up a second round against Camilo Ugo Carabelli, who edged past Sebastian Baez 6-3 2-6 6-4.
Bu broke serve in the third game to take a 2-1 lead. Tiafoe broke straight back to draw level to 4-4. The US player closed out the first set with a second break in the 12thgame. Tiafoe earned two breaks in the third and ninth games to win the second set 6-2.
Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Francisco Comesana 7-6 (7-4) 6-3.
Giovanni Mpetchi Perricard edged past Alexander Bublik 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 to set up a second round match against Felix Auger Aliassime, who beat Daniel Altmeier 6-3 6-3.
