Swiss Indoors: Rinderknech moves into second round
Arthur Rinderknech edged out Marin Čilić 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5) on Monday evening. He’ll play the winner of the match between Slovak Alex Molcan and American Mackenzie McDonald in the next round
Tennis – ATP Cup – Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia – January 2, 2022 France’s Arthur Rinderknech reacts during his group stage match against Russia’s Roman Safiullin || 216726_0017
French qualifier Arthur Rinderknech edged out Croat Marin Čilić, the No 4 seed, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5) to reach the second round of the Swiss Indoors at the Halle Saint-Jacques in Basel on Monday evening.
The Frenchman saved a pair of match points with Cilic serving for the win at 5-4, to improve to an impressive 11-3 indoors in 2022.
Rinderknech, ranked No 51, will play the winner of the match between Slovak Alex Molcan and American Mackenzie McDonald 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
- Alex Molcan vs. Mackenzie McDonald
- Sebastian Baez vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
- 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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