This Tuesday, in the 1st round in Halle, Jannik Sinner did not tremble for his first single game of the Gazon season against Yannick Hanfmann, while Ugo Humbert was beaten by Denis Shapovalov.
Jannik Sinner starts from the front. Indeed, ten days after his lost final in Roland-Garros against Carlos Alcaraz, the Italian returned to success this Tuesday. Beaten in double on Monday with Lorenzo Sonego, the world number 1 this time won his first grass match of the season during the 1st round in Halle.
Opposed to the premises Yannick Hanfmann, the winner of three Grand Slam titles won in two sets (7-5, 6-3) and 1h31 of play. During the first round, if the 138th world has long stood up to Sinner, the latter ended up doing the break at the best of the moments at 6-5 in his favor. Behind, by taking the service of the German again at 3-2, the world number 1 detached itself definitively in this meeting and did not fall for it.
In the next round, the Italian will now challenge the Kazakhstanese Alexander Bublik, who had beaten Alexandre Müller on Monday.
Stop for Humbert
In Halle, the day was also marked by the entrance to Ugo Humbert, semi-finalist last week at ‘S-Hétogenbosch. Unfortunately for him, the Frenchman failed to confirm his good performance performed in the Netherlands. Because, from the 1st round of the ATP 500 tournament, the native of Metz fell in front of Denis Shapovalov, winner in three sets (6-4, 4-6, 7-6) and 2h30 of play.
During the 3rd round, when he had just done the break and led 2-0, Humbert then lost his putting into play, which therefore relaunched the 31st world. In the decisive game, it was the Canadian who managed to get out of it (7-4), which confirms that the Frenchman has trouble in this exercise (he remains on eight tie-break lost). In the 2nd round, Shapovalov will be opposed to Flavio Cobolli, a fall of Joao Fonseca. Also note, the qualifications of Tomas Machac, Andrey Rublev, and Félix Auger-Aliassime.
