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 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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