Ben Shelton and Arthur Fils are the first semi-finalists at the Swiss Indoors in Basel. After Stan Wawrinka, the American Shelton also eliminates the top seed Andrei Rublev.
25.10.2024, 18:46
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After Stan Wawrinka, Andrei Rublev also bared his teeth on the serve of left-hander Ben Shelton (ATP 23). Like the Swiss on Thursday, the world number 7 from Russia also had break chances (six in total), but was never able to take the service from the American. After a good two and a quarter hours, Shelton, who like Rublev was competing in Basel for the first time, converted his first match point to win 7:5, 6:7 (3:7), 6:4.
Arthur Fils (ATP 20) is playing just as convincingly these days. He didn't have to fend off a single break point against the Greek number 3 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas (ATP 11) and advanced to the semi-finals with a 7:6 (7:5), 6:3 win. There he will meet his good friend Shelton, with whom he lost to the Swiss duo Marc-Andrea Hüsler/Dominic Stricker in the doubles late on Thursday evening.
