Swiss Indoors in Basel Last year's finalist Shelton fails against Munar

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23.10.2025 - 17:45

Not in the form of last year: Ben Shelton
Not in the form of last year: Ben Shelton
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Last year's No. 2 seed Ben Shelton fails in the round of 16 at the Swiss Indoors in Basel. The American was defeated 3:6, 4:6 by the Spaniard Jaume Munar.

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Ben Shelton was unable to hide his lack of match practice in Basel's St. Jakobshalle after suffering a shoulder injury at the US Open. In the first round, he had fended off two match points against Kamil Majchrzak, but the world number 6 had virtually no chance against the unspectacular but rock-solid Jaume Munar (ATP 42).

One loss of serve each by Shelton - at 2:4 in the first and 3:4 in the second set - were decisive, as he only had one chance to break. After just 1:18 hours, Munar converted his second match point with an ace.