Red-hot Daniil Medvedev, who collected his third straight title in Dubai this month, is on a collision course to meet third-seeded Norwegian Casper Ruud in the final eight, while Spain's top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz could face Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime in the quarters.
Seventh-seed Rune also won his first masters title last year when he outlasted 22-time major winner Novak Djokovic in Paris. 25 but is unseeded in Basel, advanced to the final after beating sixth-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut 7-6 (1), 7-6 (6).American Taylor Fritz (25) will take on either compatriot Ben Shelton (20) or Italian Fabio Fognini (35) as he begins his title defence at Indian Wells this week, with top-ranked Iga Swiatek (21) facing a potential third-round showdown with 2019 champ Bianca Andreescu (22).įritz battled through excruciating pain to end Rafa Nadal's 20-match winning run and claim his first Masters 1000 championship last year and will hope for another story-book finish after the main draw was announced on Monday.įacing a depleted men's field, Fritz could run into Denmark's Holger Rune in the quarter-final. There's still one match to go, but it's been a fantastic week, played some great tennis, and again today against the best player in the world." "I've been serving amazing, not getting broken once yet. "So far it has been very close to perfect," Auger-Aliassime said of his play in Basel. The ninth-ranked Canadian improved to 3-0 against the US Open champion and ran his overall win streak to 12 matches in October.Īlcaraz created the first break-point chance faced by Auger-Aliassime all week in Basel but could not take it in what proved to be the final game.Īuger-Aliassime clinched with a service winner and will seek his third straight title in Sunday's final against another 19-year-old, Holger Rune.
BASEL, Switzerland - Felix Auger-Aliassime extended his perfect career record against top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz by winning 6-3, 6-2 in the semifinals at the Swiss Indoors on Saturday.
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