Swiss Indoors: Fonseca moves into last 8 as Mensik withdraws

Brazilian rising star João Fonseca advanced to the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors Basel on Wednesday without hitting a ball, as his opponent, No. 7 seed Jakub Menšík of the Czech Republic, withdrew from their scheduled second-round match.

Menšík, the world No. 19, pulled out due to a left foot injury just before the match at the St. Jakobshalle, giving the 19-year-old Fonseca a walkover victory into the last eight.

Fonseca, currently ranked No. 46, will face the winner of the match between French lucky loser Valentin Royer and Canadian No. 9 seed Denis Shapovalov in his second career ATP 500 quarter-final. The Royer-Shapovalov match is scheduled for later on Thursday.

Fonseca’s progression to the second round came via a hard-fought win on Tuesday against the defending Basel champion, Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard. The Brazilian won in straight sets, 7-6 (6), 6-3, in a match that lasted just under 90 minutes.

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

• Jaume Munar vs. Ben Shelton
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Marin Cilic
• Valentin Royer vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Casper Ruud vs. Stan Wawrinka
• Reilly Opelka vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Jenson Brooksby vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina