Rune eases past Humbert to round out Basel quarter-finals

Dane Holger Rune advanced to the last eight of the Swiss Indoors by winning against French qualifier Ugo Humbert 6-4, 6-2 at the Halle Saint-Jacques in Basel on Thursday evening.

Rune, ranked No 25, will play French qualifier Arthur Rinderknech next.

2022 has been a breakout season for the Dane, who improves to 31-23 on the season with his first two ATP titles, won at Munich and Stockholm. The teenager also reached his maiden major quarter-final at Roland-Garros in June.

He has 11 of 12 matches in October.

The 19-year-old Dane beat Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 7 seed (6-2, 7-5) in the previous round.

In the first round, Humbert, ranked No 103, defeated American Jenson Brooksby (6-1, 6-4).

Basle ATP 500, other second-round results (Halle Saint-Jacques, EUR 2.135.350, most recent results first):

• Stan Wawrinka beat Brandon Nakashima: 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
• Felix Auger-Aliassime (3) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-1, 6-0
• Roberto Bautista Agut (6) beat Andy Murray: 6-3, 6-2
• Alexander Bublik beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 6-3, 6-3
• Pablo Carreno Busta (5) beat Dominic Stricker (WC): 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-4
• Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-4, 6-2
• Arthur Rinderknech beat Alex Molcan: 6-2, 6-4

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