Kohlschreiber Begins Defence of Munich Crown

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Zverev, #NextGenATP Chung also advance on day two

Three-time champion Philipp Kohlschreiber started his attempt for a fourth BMW Open by FWU title with a 6-4, 6-3 victory against #NextGenATP player Casper Ruud on Tuesday in Munich. The 33-year-old German broke the 18-year-old Ruud four times in the 68-minute win.

“The start was a bit shaky but after that I think I was in very good control, and in the end I think it was a good win for me,” Kohlschreiber said.

The Augsburg native is making his ninth straight tournament appearance and 13^th overall (28-9 record). Kohlschreiber won titles in 2007, 2012 and last year, and reached the final in 2013 and 2015.

Five of Kohlschreiber’s seven career ATP World Tour titles have come in Germany, and he boasts a match record of 109-57 (.657) in Germany, compared to 295-255 (.536) elsewhere. “It’s always good to come back to where you know you’re going to play good tennis,” he said.

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The fifth seed will next face Argentine Horacio Zeballos, who outlasted Italian Andreas Seppi 5-7, 6-2, 7-5.

#NextGenATP player Hyeon Chung of South Korea continued his strong play of late, downing German wild card Maximilian Marterer 7-6(10), 4-6, 6-3. The 20-year-old Chung qualified and reached his third career ATP World Tour quarter-final last week at the the Barcelona Banc Open Sabadell before falling to eventual champion Rafael Nadal.

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Chung is among the 21-and-under players looking to qualify for the inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals, to be held 7-11 November in Milan. The right-hander is currently in fourth place in the Emirates ATP Race To Milan. He will next play top seed Gael Monfils.

Sixth seed Mischa Zverev converted four of six break points to beat countryman Dustin Brown 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-3. Zverev landed 70 per cent of his first serves in the first-round victory and will next meet Slovakian Martin Klizan, who prevailed against Argentine Nicolas Kicker 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.

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