Djere through to main draw of Halle ATP tournament

HALLE - Serbian tennis player Laslo Djere is through to the main draw of the Halle ATP tournament after defeating world number 92 Jesper de Jong of the Netherlands 6-4, 6-0 in the final qualifying round on Sunday.

World number 64 Djere, who won after 68 minutes of play, will learn of his next opponent once all qualifying matches are completed.

In the first round of the main draw, he could potentially face Italian Jannik Sinner, Russian Andrey Rublev, Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime or Frenchman Quentin Halys.

Another Serbian, Miomir Kecmanovic, will take on Hungarian Fabian Marozsan in the first round.

The prize money at the Halle tournament is 2,522,220 euros.