Rune on a roll, beats de Minaur to reach Basel second round
Holger Rune won against Alex De Minaur 6-2, 7-5 on Wednesday afternoon. He’ll face French qualifier Ugo Humbert in the next round
Holger Rune (DEN) shows pride after scoring a point during the first round ATP National Bank Open match on August 09, 2022 at IGA Stadium in Montreal, QC (Icon SMI/Panoramic)
Dane Holger Rune reached the second round of the Swiss Indoors by winning against Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 7 seed, 6-2, 7-5 at the Halle Saint-Jacques in Basel on Wednesday afternoon.
De Minaur was also the man Rune beat on Saturday in the Stockholm semi-final.
Rune, ranked No 25, will face French qualifier Ugo Humbert next.
Basel ATP 500, other first-round results:
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
- Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Ugo Humbert beat Jenson Brooksby: 6-1, 6-4
- 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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