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First-round motion in Rotterdam will wrap on on Wednesday, when Tallon Griekspoor faces Matteo Berrettini in entrance of the house crowd. Within the second spherical, Hubert Hurkacz goes up towards Jiri Lehecka.Matteo Berrettini vs. Tallon GriekspoorThere is little doubt that the ABN AMRO Open is Griekspoor’s favourite match on tour. The Forty third-ranked Dutchman has benefited from home-court benefit to the tune of back-to-back semifinal showings in 2023 and 2024, dropping solely to Jannik Sinner on each events. Griekspoor is a unbelievable indoor hard-court participant generally, with 68 such victories all through his profession.
Jiri Lehecka vs. (8) Hubert HurkaczHurkacz and Lehecka will likely be going head-to-head for the second time of their careers after they meet within the second spherical on Wednesday. Their solely earlier encounter got here at this identical Rotterdam occasion 12 months in the past, with Hurkacz surviving a 6-3, 6-7(9), 7-6(9) thriller.
One other enjoyable one ought to be within the playing cards. Hurkacz is superb indoors–and in all places, actually–and opened with a 6-3, 6-2 rout of Flavio Cobolli on Monday. Lehecka already owns 52 indoor match wins within the comparatively early levels of his profession and he dismissed Alexei Popyrin 7-5, 6-2 on Tuesday. The Twenty fourth-ranked Czech is a giant step up in competitors for Hurkacz, as Cobolli is lower than one hundred pc bodily in the mean time and has been struggling bigtime in 2025. Don’t be shocked if Lehecka pulls off a minor upset to avenge final 12 months’s loss.
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