Swiss Indoors: Ruud advances to second round

Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 4 seed, advanced to the second round of the Swiss Indoors by winning against French lucky loser Quentin Halys 6-1, 7-6 (3) at the St. Jakobshalle. in Basel on Wednesday.

This is Ruud’s fifth consecutive win on Tour after his win in Stockholm last week.

Ruud, ranked No 11, will play Swiss wildcard Stan Wawrinka next. The Swiss veteran got his first win on the Tour in 2025 beating Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-1, 7-6 (3).

Basel ATP 500, other first-round results (St. Jakobshalle., hard, EUR 2.523.045, most recent results first):

• Taylor Fritz vs. Valentin Vacherot
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Gabriel Diallo
• Ugo Humbert beat Sebastian Korda: 6-3, 6-4
• Botic van de Zandschulp (LL) beat Jiri Lehecka (6): 6-2, 6-2
• Stan Wawrinka beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-1, 7-6 (3)
• Ben Shelton (2) beat Kamil Majchrzak (Q): 6-7 (2), 6-3, 7-6 (7)
• Denis Shapovalov (9) beat Marcos Giron: 6-7 (3), 6-0, 7-6 (4)
• Joao Fonseca beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard: 7-6 (6), 6-3
• Valentin Royer (LL) beat Raphael Collignon: 6-4, 7-6 (5)
• Marin Cilic (Q) beat David Goffin (LL): 7-6 (9), 7-5
• Reilly Opelka (Q) beat Sebastian Baez: 6-3, 6-4
• Jakub Mensik (7) beat Henry Bernet (WC): 7-6 (1), 6-7 (7), 6-3
• Jaume Munar beat Remy Bertola (Q): 6-2, 6-4
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (8) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 7-6 (2), 6-4
• Jenson Brooksby beat Alexandre Muller: 6-4, 6-3