The Karlsruhe native converted his first match point after 1 hour and 6 minutes against Fonseca, who is 15 years his junior and had previously reached the French Open quarterfinals. “My first win here on Centre Court means a lot to me,” Hanfmann said after the opening victory.
Hanfmann had already started his grass-court season in Stuttgart the previous week, where he exited in the round of 16. Together with Jan-Lennard Struff, he won the doubles title there – the duo is also competing in doubles in Halle.
Last year’s winner Alexander Bublik from Kazakhstan lost in the first round to qualifier Mattia Bellucci 6:7 (6:8), 1:6. Nick Kyrgios withdrew at short notice due to a knee injury.
Source: www.tagesspiegel.de
