More grass - Halle

The lead up to Wimbledon continues this week with tournaments in Halle, Queens Club (London), Birmingham and Mallorca.

Firstly, winners of last week’s titles are:

Nottingham:

Caroline Garcia (1) defeated Donna Vekic (2) 2-6 7-6(4) 7-6(4)

Stuttgart: 

Matteo Berrettini defeated Felix Auger-Aliassime (7) 6-4 7-6(11)

‘s-Hertogenbosch:

Adrian Mannarino defeated Jordan Thompson 7-6(7) 6-3

Alison Riske defeated Kiki Bertens (1) 0-6 7-6(3) 7-5

This week:

Noventi Open - an ATP 500 category tournament, on Grass, in Halle, Germany, 17-23 June 2019.

Defending champion:

Borna Coric who defeated Roger Federer (1) 7-6(6) 3-6 6-2

The following players withdrew after entering but before the main draw was published:

- Pablo Carreño Busta replaced by Jaume Munar 

- Dominic Thiem replaced by Taylor Fritz 

- Kei Nishikori replaced by. Damir Dzumhur 

Damir Dzumhur withdrew after the main draw was published, and was replaced by lucky loser Miomir Kecmanovic.

Roger Federer, world number 3, is top seed.

The orher seeds are all in the top 24

There are no byes

First round results 

- Qualifier João Sousa defeated Hubert Hurkacz 7-6(3) 6-1

- Pierre-Hugues Herbert defeated Gaël Monfils (5) 7-6(6) 6-4

- Karen Khachanov (3) defeated lucky loser Miomir Kecmanovic 7-6(5) 6-4

- Radu Albot defeated Matthew Ebden 5-7 6-1 6-4

- Steve Johnson defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 6-3

- Alexander Zverev (2) defeated Robin Haase 6-4 7-5