Humbert beats Brooksby in Basel, advances to second round
Ugo Humbert defeated Jenson Brooksby 6-1, 6-4 on Wednesday afternoon. He’ll play the winner of the match between Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 7 seed, and Dane Holger Rune in the next round
Ugo Humbert of France during the Open de Rennes 2022, ATP Challenger tennis tournament on September 17, 2022 at Le Liberte stadium in Rennes, France (Laurent Lairys/Panoramic)
French qualifier Ugo Humbert reached the second round of the Swiss Indoors by defeating American Jenson Brooksby 6-1, 6-4 at the Halle Saint-Jacques in Basle on Wednesday.
Humbert, ranked No 103, will play the winner of the match between Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 7 seed, and Dane Holger Rune next.
Basel ATP 500, other first-round results:
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
- Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Alex De Minaur vs. Holger Rune: wednesday
- 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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