Alert: Alcaraz tops Draper to reach second round on Basel debut

Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the top seed, edged out Jack Draper 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 to reach the second round of the Swiss Indoors at the Halle Saint-Jacques in Basel on Monday evening.

Alcaraz, ranked No 1, will face the winner of the match between Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp and Frenchman Adrian Mannarino next.

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Alcaraz improves to 53-11 on the season, as he enters his seventh week atop the ATP’s rankings.

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

• Jenson Brooksby vs. Ugo Humbert
• Alex De Minaur vs. Holger Rune
• Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
• 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
• Roman Safiullin vs. Andy Murray
• Alex Molcan vs. Mackenzie McDonald
• Sebastian Baez vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Marin Čilić: monday
• 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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