Two days after his success against Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi, Struff found it difficult to get into the game in cool weather.
Only with the fourth set ball did the current number 132 in the world rankings wrap up winning the first set after 48 minutes. Especially on the first serve he had a lot of problems.
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The second round was also hard fought. Struff had to fend off a total of five set balls from the Belgian to reach the tie-break. There Bergs was then beaten after dramatic rallies.
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