Exciting duel

Ofner faces Zhang on grass in Halle!

Sebastian Ofner will face China's Zhang Zhizhen for the first time at the start of his second tournament of the grass court season in Halle!

In terms of ranking, an evenly matched duel is to be expected: Ofner is 52nd, Zhang 44th in the current ATP ranking. The winner will face either Russia's Daniil Medvedev, seeded No. 3, or Portugal's Nuno Borges in the round of 16 of the ATP 500 tournament, which has prize money of 2.41 million euros.

The new world number 1, Jannik Sinner, is the top seed in the highly competitive grass tournament. Alexander Zverev (ATP No. 4) is No. 2 and there are five top ten players at the start.