Swiss Indoors: Shapovalov beats Bautista Agut to book spot in last eight
Denis Shapovalov beat Roberto Bautista Agut 6-3, 7-6 (4). He’ll play either Felix Auger-Aliassime or Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in the last eight
Canadian wildcard Denis Shapovalov moved into the last eight of the Swiss Indoors by beating Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut 6-3, 7-6 (4) in Basel.
Shapovalov, ranked No 95, will play the winner of the match between Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 8 seed, and Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard next.
The Canadian won against Chinese Juncheng Shang (6-1, 6-4) in the previous round of the Basel tournament.
In the previous round of the Basel tournament, Bautista Agut, ranked No 45, defeated Norwegian Casper Ruud, the second seed (6-3, 3-6, 6-3).
Basel ATP 500, other second-round results (St. Jakobshalle., hard, EUR 2.385.100, most recent results first):
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
- Dominic Stricker vs. Holger Rune: thursday
- Ben Shelton (6) beat Stan Wawrinka (WC): 7-6 (2), 7-5
- Arthur Fils (7) beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 7-5, 6-3
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (3) beat Botic van de Zandschulp (Q): 7-6 (3), 7-5
- Andrey Rublev (1) beat Alejandro Tabilo: 7-6 (3), 6-1
- David Goffin (LL) beat Ugo Humbert (5): 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7)