Swiss Indoors: Baez battles back against O’Connell to book spot in second round

Argentinian Sebastian Baez beat Australian qualifier Christopher O’Connell 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-3 to reach the second round of the Swiss Indoors at the Halle Saint-Jacques in Basel.

Baez, ranked No 29, will face the winner of the match between Dane Holger Rune, the top seed, and Serb Miomir Kecmanovic next.

Basel ATP500, other first-round results (Halle Saint-Jacques, EUR 2.196.000, most recent results first):

• Alexander Bublik vs. Casper Ruud
• Ugo Humbert vs. Marcos Giron
• Leandro Riedi vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Taylor Fritz vs. Max Purcell
• Stan Wawrinka vs. Alexander Shevchenko
• Holger Rune vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Adrian Mannarino
• Dusan Lajovic vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Alex De Minaur vs. Diego Schwartzman
• Dominic Stricker vs. Benjamin Hassan
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Sebastian Korda
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
• Andy Murray vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Jan-Lennard Struff beat Christopher Eubanks: 7-6 (7), 6-4