Sports edition, October 21 (EFE).- The Russian Andrey Rublev established his status as the first favorite of the Basel tournament where the Swiss Stanislas Wawrinke also advanced, appearing, after going over Frenchman Adrian Mannarino, as the oldest player to win a match. in the competition.
The 39-year-old tennis player from Lausanne defeated Mannarino, with whom he had always lost three times, 6-3, 3-6 and 7-5, to capture the honor won by his compatriot Roger Federer.
Twenty years after his first appearance in Basel, Stanislas Wawrinka extended his presence at the event and confirmed the good times he is going through. After reaching the semi-finals in Stockholm, Wawrinka has won the tournament and awaits American Ben Shelton in the second round.
The first favorite, Andrey Rublev, goes through his journey in the draw, leaving Chilean Alejandro Tabilo out of the tournament. The Russian will be the opponent in the quarter-finals of the winner of the match between Wawrinka and Shelton. The Muscovite, ranked seventh in the world, took only 75 minutes to overcome the South American who has not managed more than three victories in a row in recent games.
The day was completed by the victory of another veteran, the Belgian David Goffin who left the tournament without his fifth seed, on which he returned 3-6, 6-1 and 7-6 (7), in two an hour and a half. Goffin will play in the quarter-finals against the winner of the match between Denmark’s Holger Rune, the final in 2022, and the fourth seed, and Switzerland’s -Dominic Stricker.
Earlier, Roberto Bautista extended his impressive streak and after adding his sixth straight win against Casper Ruud of Norway, the second seed, reached the second round of the tournament where he will face the Canada Denis Shapovalov.
Bautista, last Sunday’s champion in Antwerp, scored another impressive victory by beating world number eight Casper Ruud 6-3, 3-6 and 6-3, in two hours and five minutes.
The third victory in four meetings against Norwegian Bautista, who is now 45th in the ATP rankings, in the second round of Basel and left the Vikings halfway, who are still in the doldrums. Ruud has only won one of his last five games. Since he lost in the Laver Cup against the Argentine Francisco Cerúndolo, he lost in the first round of Tokyo against the Australian Jordan Thompson, and in Shanghai, with the ocean also Vukuc, In Stockholm he fell against the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor after defeating the Italian Lorenzo Sonego.
Roberto Bautista, however, is sweet. He now faces a duel against Shapovalov in the second round where his partner Pedro Martínez also reached by winning with an unexpected revenge against the Czech Jiri Lehecka with a double 6-2. Meanwhile, Canadian Felix Auger Aliassime cemented his status as the event’s double champion to knock out Argentine Sebastian Baez and advance in the draw.
Martínez, who was in the final this year in Estoril, avenged the defeat he suffered against the Czechs in Beijing, a few weeks ago, to continue in the Swiss championship . Lehecka had nothing to do with the man who competed last week in Antwerp where he was in the final, beaten by the Spaniard Roberto Bautista as well.
Pedro MARtínez will face the second round against the Frenchman Arthur Fils who eliminated the German from the previous level Daniel Altmaier with 7-6 (5) and 6-3.
For his part, Felix Auger Aliassime, the champion of the last two years, in 2022 and 2023, did not give a chance to the Argentine Sebastian Báez, who he won 7-5 and 6-1. The American, the eighth seed, takes his consecutive victories in the Basel tournament to eleven.
Auger Aliassime will be in the next leg against the Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard who defeated the Australian James Duckworth 7-6(3) and 6-3. EFE
2024-10-23 20:42:00
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