Holmgren beats Bonzi 6-3 6-4 in Porto; Geerts edges Domingues in a third-set tie-break

August Holmgren produced the cleanest main-draw scoreline of those recorded so far at the Porto Challenger, defeating Benjamin Bonzi 6-3 6-4 in the Round of 32. Laslo Djere matched that efficiency against Michael Mmoh, winning 6-4 6-4, and Mili Poljicak beat Max Basing 6-1 6-4. Jerome Kym needed longer, recovering from a set down to beat Tiago Torres 3-6 7-5 6-1.

Porto's qualifying finals produced the day's tightest finish among the listed results: Michael Geerts dropped the opening set to Joao Domingues before winning 3-6 6-4 7-6. Anton Matusevich also came through in three, beating Robin Bertrand 6-3 6-7 6-0, while Fausto Tabacco defeated Alejo Sanchez Quilez 6-0 4-6 6-1. In Curitiba, both recorded qualifying finals went the distance, with Samuel Heredia beating Juan Sebastian Osorio 7-6 5-7 6-4 and Remondy Pagotto V. H. defeating Bruno Fernandez 7-6 4-6 6-3.

On the Bari clay, Lorenzo Angelini recovered from a set down to beat Garrett Johns 4-6 7-6 7-5, and Enrico Dalla Valle did likewise against Buvaysar Gadamauri, 2-6 6-3 6-2. Zsombor Piros beat Benjamin Hassan 7-6 6-3. At Mouilleron-Le-Captif, Gauthier Onclin defeated Dan Added 7-6 6-2 and Thomas Faurel beat Jack Pinnington Jones 6-2 6-4.

In Adana, Leolia Jeanjean and Lucrezia Stefanini both turned around losing starts, Jeanjean beating Suzan Lamens 4-6 6-3 6-2 and Stefanini defeating Elena Ruxandra Bertea 3-6 6-4 6-2. Viktoria Hruncakova advanced when Anastasia Gasanova retired at 4-2.

Four ATP finals are scheduled for tomorrow: Daniil Medvedev against Andrey Rublev in Hangzhou, Hubert Hurkacz against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in Chengdu, Stefanos Tsitsipas against Rinky Hijikata in Tokyo and Tomas Machac against Arthur Gea in Beijing.