Carreno Busta powers past Baez into second round at Basel

Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta, the No 5 seed, reached the second round of the Swiss Indoors by beating Argentinian Sebastian Baez 6-2, 6-1 at the Halle Saint-Jacques in Basel on Tuesday.

The Spaniard was untroubled throughout, saving both break points he faced and dropping just eight points on serve in the 60-minute encounter. The 31-year-old, who won his maiden Masters 1000 title this summer in Montreal, hit 20 winners against seven unforced errors.

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Carreno Busta, ranked No 15, will play the winner of the match between American Maxime Cressy and Swiss wildcard Dominic Stricker next.

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: tuesday
• Alex Molcan vs. Mackenzie McDonald: tuesday
• 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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