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Cobolli falls on Halle grass to Tiafoe in opening round
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Cobolli falls on Halle grass to Tiafoe in opening round

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Italian tennis player Flavio Cobolli lost his first grass-court match of the season to American Frances Tiafoe at the Halle Open.
  • Tiafoe defeated Cobolli, the sixth seed, 6-2, 7-6 (4) in the first round, improving his record against top-10 players.
  • Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime also advanced to the second round, beating Nuno Borges in three sets.

Flavio Cobolli, ranked tenth in the world and seeded sixth at the Halle Open, made his grass-court debut eight days after losing the Roland Garros final to Alexander Zverev. His introduction to the new surface was a swift defeat, falling 6-2, 7-6 (4) in 85 minutes to American Frances Tiafoe.

Tiafoe, ranked 26th in the ATP, improved his season record in opening rounds to 13-0. This victory marked his first win against a top-10 player since 2024. Tiafoe now leads his head-to-head series with Cobolli 4-1, having also won their previous encounter in Indian Wells in March.

In the next round, Tiafoe will face either Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands or Japan's Sho Shimabukuro. Meanwhile, Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the second seed and a 2021 semifinalist in Halle, also advanced. He battled through three sets to defeat Portugal's Nuno Borges 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, becoming the fifth man to reach 25 match wins this season. Auger-Aliassime is set to play against American Learner Tien in the subsequent round.

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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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