Gilles Simon survives scare to reach second round in Hamburg

ByPA Sport

Published 24/07/2017 at 19:48 GMT

Fourth seed Gilles Simon was made to work by wildcard Maximilian Marterer before reaching the second round of the German Tennis Championships in Hamburg.

Gilles Simon won in Hamburg

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The French world number 39 was taken to three sets by the German hopeful but eventually prevailed 6-2 4-6 6-4 in just over two hours to set up a clash with Philipp Kohlscreiber or Andrey Rublev.

Another Frenchman, world number 40 Benoit Paire, also progressed in the clay-court event as he saw off Russian veteran Dmitry Tursunov 6-3 6-2.

Diego Schwartzman of Argentina, the sixth seed and world number 38, beat Austria's Andreas Haider-Maurer 6-2 6-3.

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The host nation enjoyed some success with victories for German players Florian Mayer, Cedric-Marcel Stebe and Jan-Lennard Struff.

Another German, world number 170 Yannick Hanfmann, triumphed in the opening round of the Swiss Open in Gstaad, beating Argentina's Facundo Bagnis 6-3 6-7 6-4.

Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin overcame Italian qualifier Lorenzo Giustino 6-3 6-2 while Norbert Gombos of Slovakia won 7-6 6-2 against Japan's Taro Daniel.

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