Tennis player Yannick Hanfmann has advanced to the second round at the European Open in Antwerp, Belgium. The 31-year-old prevailed in his opening match against Belgian qualifier Alexander Blockx with 6:4, 7:6 (7:3)
Maximilian Marterer also had a successful start to the hard court tournament, which is endowed with 673,630 US dollars. The 28-year-old won somewhat surprisingly against French No. 7 seed Richard Gasquet 6:3, 6:4.
In the last 16, Marterer could meet Dominik Koepfer, who first has to win his first round match against Nuno Borges from Portugal on Wednesday.