Alert: Andy Murray rallies to reach second round at Basel

Andy Murray advanced to the second round of the Swiss Indoors by edging out Russian qualifier Roman Safiullin 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4 at the Halle Saint-Jacques in Basel on Tuesday afternoon.

Murray, ranked No 49, will play the winner of the match between Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, the No 6 seed, and Serb qualifier Laslo Djere next.

Basle ATP 500, other first-round results (Halle Saint-Jacques, EUR 2.276.105, most recent results first):

• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
• Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Jenson Brooksby vs. Ugo Humbert
• Alex De Minaur vs. Holger Rune
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Laslo Djere
• Stan Wawrinka vs. Casper Ruud
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• Maxime Cressy vs. Dominic Stricker
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Adrian Mannarino: tuesday
• 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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