Earlier, Arthur Fery won an all-British battle in emphatic style, beating Toby Samuel 6-0 6-2.

The pair are good friends, having reached the junior doubles semi-finals at Wimbledon together in 2019, and both received Wimbledon main-draw wildcards on Tuesday.

“It’s never easy playing someone you know and I was happy with how I handled that,” Fery reported.

Third seed and French Open semi-finalist Jakub Mensik suffered a surprise 5-7 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-5) loss to veteran French man Adrian Mannarino.

In Halle, French Open champion Alexander Zverev survived a second-set wobble in his first match since his Paris triumph, beating Czech Vit Kopriva 6-3 4-6 6-2 to reach the second round.

Defending champion Alexander Bublik was shocked 7-6 (8-6) 6-1 by Italy’s Mattia Bellucci, while Andrey Rublev fell 6-3 6-2 to Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz.

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