Swiss Indoors: Shelton advances to semi-finals, knocks out top seed Rublev
Ben Shelton edged out Andrey Rublev 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-4 on Friday. He’ll face Frenchman Arthur Fils, the No 7 seed, in the next round
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American Ben Shelton, the No 6 seed, advanced to the semi-finals of the Swiss Indoors by edging out Russian Andrey Rublev, the top seed, 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-4 at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel on Friday.
Shelton, ranked No 23, will face Frenchman Arthur Fils, the No 7 seed, next.
He is the first man to beat the top seed in Basel before the semi-final stage since Mischa Zverev defeated Stan Wawrinka in the 2016 quarter-final.
The 22-year-old American beat Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry (6-3, 6-4) and Swiss wildcard Stan Wawrinka (7-6 (2), 7-5) ahead of his victory.
In the previous rounds of the Basel tournament, Rublev, ranked No 7, won against Portuguese Nuno Borges (6-3, 6-2) and Chilean Alejandro Tabilo (7-6 (3), 6-1).
Basel ATP 500, other last 8 results (St. Jakobshalle., hard, EUR 2.385.100, most recent results first):
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Denis Shapovalov
- David Goffin vs. Holger Rune
- Arthur Fils beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (3): 7-6 (5), 6-3
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