Swiss Indoors: Davidovich Fokina makes quarter-finals
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina edged out Jenson Brooksby 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-5 on Wednesday evening and will face the winner of the match between Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 4 seed, and Swiss wildcard Stan Wawrinka in the next round
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, 2025 | © Zuma / PsNewz
Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 8 seed, edged out American Jenson Brooksby 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-5 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors at the St. Jakobshalle. in Basel on Wednesday evening.
Davidovich Fokina, ranked No 18, will play the winner of the match between Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 4 seed, and Swiss wildcard Stan Wawrinka next.
The Spaniard won against Italian Lorenzo Sonego (7-6 (2), 6-4) in the previous round of the Basel tournament.
In the previous round of the Basel tournament, Brooksby, ranked No 55, just back from his final at UTS Hong Kong, defeated Frenchman Alexandre Muller (6-4, 6-3).
Basel ATP 500, other second-round results (St. Jakobshalle., hard, EUR 2.523.045, most recent results first):
- Taylor Fritz vs. Ugo Humbert
- Casper Ruud vs. Stan Wawrinka
- Reilly Opelka vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Jaume Munar vs. Ben Shelton
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Marin Cilic
- Valentin Royer vs. Denis Shapovalov
- Joao Fonseca beat Jakub Mensik (7): W/O
