Stuttgart (AP) – The German tennis professionals Oscar Otte and Jan-Lennard Struff have reached the round of 16 at the ATP tournament in Stuttgart.
28-year-old Otte from Cologne won the German first-round duel with Daniel Altmaier from Kempen 7: 6 (7: 2), 7: 6 (7: 4). The Warsteiner Struff won his comeback after a two-month injury break due to a broken toe 7: 5, 5: 7, 7: 6 (10: 8) against the American Marcos Giron.
In the next round of the turf event at the Weissenhof, which is endowed with 769,645 euros, the world number 61 scores. Otte on number four Canadian Denis Shapovalov, who had a bye at the start. The 32-year-old Struff, now only number 103 in the world, faces the winner of the game between Lorenzo Sonego (Italy) and Benoit Paire (France). This was still pending early Monday evening. The field in Stuttgart is led by Greek world number five Stefanos Tsitsipas.