Premiere for Tsitsipas and Sakkaris at the Halle tournament

Premiere tonight (6/18) for Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari in his 500th tournament Hale!

In his first game on grass this season, Tsitsipas will face the 23-year-old German, Henry Squireworld number 181, looking to build on his good form at Roland Garros, where he reached the quarter-finals before being eliminated by eventual champion Carlos Alcaraz.

The match is expected to start at approx 19:00, after the end of Sverev’s match with Ote, closing the program on the main court of the event. If he qualifies, Tsitsipas will face Jan Leonard Struw, while in the quarterfinals he will likely meet Yannick Sinner, who is now at the top of the world rankings.

As for her Sakkariwill find opposite her the Belarusian, Victoria Azarenka, number 19 in the world ranking. After her disappointing performance at Roland Garros, where she was knocked out by the lower ranked Gratseva in the first round, the Greek will be looking for a response, with the match scheduled to start at 16:00 (telecast by Novasports 6).

Azarenka’s course at the French Open was also moderate, she only managed to overcome the obstacle of Podoroska before losing to Andreeva. Sakkari has faced tonight’s opponent three times in the past, “counting” the same number of defeats. Their last meeting was last May in Rome, where Azarenka won 2-0 sets (4-6, 1-6). If she manages to qualify, in the next round Sakkari will face Turkala, Zeynep Sonmez (No.157).