Monday 24 July 2017 18:01, UK
Gilles Simon survived a scare against wildcard Max Marterer to progress through the first round of the German Open in Hamburg.
Frenchman Simon, who is currently ranked at 39 in the world, edged past the German in three sets 6-2 4-6 6-4 to make it to the last 16 of the clay-court tournament.
While Simon's compatriot Benoit Paire, who made the fourth round at Wimbledon earlier this month before being beaten by Andy Murray, saw off Dmitry Tursunov 6-3 6-2.
Elsewhere, German Florian Mayer made it through with a straight-sets 7-5 6-2 win over Marco Cecchinato, while Daniel Altmaier beat Horacio Zeballos 7-6 6-4.
There was more success for the host nation as qualifier Cedrik-Marcel Stebe beat Damir Dzumhur 6-3 6-4, and sixth-seed Diego Schwartzman eased past Andreas Haider-Maurer 6-2 6-3.
The final game of the day saw Jan-Lennard Struff defeat Evgeny Donskoy 6-3 6-4, while British No 3 Aljaz Bedene, David Ferrer and Fernando Verdasco are among those in first-round action on Tuesday.
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