Swiss Indoors: Humbert reaches semi-finals
Ugo Humbert won against Dominic Stricker 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 on Friday afternoon. He’ll face Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 4 seed, in the next round
Frenchman Ugo Humbert won against Swiss wildcard Dominic Stricker 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 to move into the semi-finals of the Swiss Indoors at the Halle Saint-Jacques in Basel on Friday afternoon.
Humbert, ranked No 28, will play Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 4 seed, next.
Earlier in the tournament, the Frenchman edged out American Marcos Giron (6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (3)) and defeated Chilean Nicolas Jarry, the No 7 seed (7-6 (3), 7-6 (4)).
Stricker, ranked No 96, beat Lebanese qualifier Benjamin Hassan (7-6 (2), 6-2) and edged out Norwegian Casper Ruud, the second seed (6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (1)) in the previous rounds of the Basel tournament.
Basel ATP500, other quarter-finals results (Halle Saint-Jacques, EUR 2.196.000, most recent results first):
- Alexander Shevchenko vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Holger Rune vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Hubert Hurkacz beat Tallon Griekspoor: 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-4