Auger-Aliassime beats wild card to book spot in Basel second round

Felix Auger-Aliassime edged out Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4 on Wednesday. He’ll face Serb Miomir Kecmanovic in the next round

Felix Auger-Aliassime Felix Auger-Aliassime in Basel (SPP/Panoramic)

Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 3 seed, moved into the second round of the Swiss Indoors by edging out Swiss wildcard Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4 at the Halle Saint-Jacques in Basel on Wednesday.

Auger-Aliassime, ranked No 9, will play Serb Miomir Kecmanovic next.

Basel ATP 500, other first-round results:

  • Albert Ramos-Vinolas beat Lorenzo Musetti (8): 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
  • Ugo Humbert (Q) beat Jenson Brooksby: 6-1, 6-4
  • Holger Rune beat Alex De Minaur (7): 6-2, 7-5
  • Miomir Kecmanovic beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-1
  • Roberto Bautista Agut (6) beat Laslo Djere (Q): 6-4, 6-1
  • Stan Wawrinka beat Casper Ruud (2): 6-4, 6-4
  • Dominic Stricker (WC) beat Maxime Cressy: 7-6 (4), 6-3
  • Botic van de Zandschulp beat Adrian Mannarino: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
  • Andy Murray beat Roman Safiullin (Q): 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4
  • Alex Molcan beat Mackenzie McDonald: 5-7, 6-4, 7-5
  • Pablo Carreno Busta (5) beat Sebastian Baez: 6-2, 6-1
  • Arthur Rinderknech (Q) beat Marin Čilić (4): 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
  • Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Jack Draper: 3-6, 6-2, 7-5
  • Alexander Bublik beat Aslan Karatsev (LL): 6-3, 7-6 (2)
  • Brandon Nakashima beat David Goffin (WC): 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4

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