Carreno Busta sets up all-Spanish quarter-final in Basel against world No 1 Alcaraz

Pablo Carreno Busta edged out Dominic Stricker 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-4 on Wednesday at the Swiss Indoors in Basel

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz alongside compatriot Pablo Carreno Busta at the 2022 Barcelona Open Image Credit: AI/Reuters/Panoramic

Haresh Ramchandani

October 27, 2022

Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta, the No 5 seed, needed all his experience and tenacity to overcome a fired up local wild card Dominic Stricker and advance to the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors in Basel.

The Canadian Masters champion needed two hours and 37 minutes to defeat the 20-year-old Stricker 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-4 on Wednesday evening.

The Spaniard had defeated Argentinian Sebastian Baez (6-2, 6-1) in the first round of the ATP 500 Series event.

Alcaraz has a 1-0 record against Carreno Busta

Carreno Busta, ranked No 15 in the world, will next face countryman and reigning world No 1 Carlos Alcaraz in the last eight.

The 19-year-old Alcaraz defeated Botic van de Zandschulp 6-4, 6-2 in what is only his second ATP event since reaching the top spot.

This will be the second career meeting between the two Spanish men. Alcaraz had defeated Carreno Busta 6-3, 6-2 in the final of the Barcelona Open earlier this year.