Second-seeded Alex de Minaur of Australia recorded 27 winners against 17 unforced errors while notching a 7-6 (8), 7-5 victory over Martin Damm in the second round of the Libema Open at ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.
With a 7-6 advantage in aces, de Minaur also had just one double fault compared to four for his opponent. Damm committed 44 unforced errors to go with 28 winners and stayed in the match by saving 11 of 14 break points.
No. 6 Tallon Griekspoor notched a 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-4 victory over Botic van de Zandschulp in an all-Dutch affair that that was suspended Tuesday and finished Wednesday. Australia qualifier James McCabe knocked off No. 8 Zizou Bergs of Belgium 6-7 (2), 6-2, 7-6 (4).
Others winners were Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics, Poland’s Kamil Majchrzak and Thijs Boogaard of Netherlands.
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Third-seeded Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan had a 22-17 edge in aces while outlasting Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-2 in the second round at Stuttgart.
Bublik had 38 winners and 22 unforced errors in a rematch of a first-round French Open match in which Struff prevailed in four sets. Struff had 37 winners and 29 unforced errors in the rematch.
In other matches, Italy’s Mattia Bellucci recorded a 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-2 victory over Germany’s Yannick Hanfmann, and France’s Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard sailed to a 7-6 (1), 6-2 victory over Gauthier Onclin of Belgium.
–Field Level Media
