Roger Federer’s start to the grass court season didn’t quite go to plan in Stuttgart. The Australian Open champion was spectacularly ousted in his opening match against good friend Tommy Haas in the second round.
Federer will have the chance to make amends for the slow start in Halle. The Swiss has been very strong in the pre-Wimbledon tune-up, winning the event eight times. He will have to sharpen up quickly though, as the strong grass court player Mischa Zverev looms large in a potential second round match-up. Federer starts against Yen-Hsun Lu.
Other matches see Kei Nishikori and Fernando Verdasco face each other, and there is an French affair between Richard Gasquet and Gael Monfils.
Draw:
Roger Federer vs Yen-Hsun Lu
Qualifier vs Mischa Zverev
Benoit Paire vs Florian Mayer
Jan-Lennard Struff vs Lucas Pouille
Kei Nishikori vs Fernando Verdasco
Karen Khachanov vs Gilles Simon
Ivo Karlovic vs Qualifier
Andrey Rublev vs Albert Ramos-Vinolas
Roberto Bautista Agut vs Carlos Berlocq
Dustin Brown vs Qualifier
Joao Sousa vs Philipp Kohlschreiber
Paolo Lorenzi vs Alexander Zverev
Gael Monfils vs Richard Gasquet
Tommy Haas vs Bernard Tomic
Robin Haase vs David Ferrer
Qualifier vs Dominic Thiem
