Taberner vs Carreno-Busta: Pablo to confirm the favourite status

Taberner has already played three matches in Hamburg, so he got used to the local courts. Carlos's campaign started in the qualifying, where he confidently defeated the German Niklas Guttau (6-1, 6-2), and then outplayed another representative of Germany, Daniel Masur (2-6, 7-6, 6-4). In the first round of the main draw, Taberner ousted his compatriot Feliciano Lopez (6-4, 3-6, 6-3).

For Carreno-Busta, this will be the first tournament since Wimbledon. At the Major in London, the Spanish tennis player didn't really get to play: he lost in the first round of the tournament in straight sets to Sam Querry (6-7, 4-6, 5-7). Carreno-Busta takes on the Hamburg Open for the fourth time already. His best result so far is reaching the semifinals in 2019 - two years ago he lost to Andrei Rublev in three sets (6-4, 5-7, 1-6).