Swiss Indoors: Shevchenko takes down Stan Wawrinka in Basel to make second round
Alexander Shevchenko beat Stan Wawrinka 6-3, 7-6 (8) and will play the winner of the match between Taylor Fritz and Max Purcell in the next round
Alexander Shevchenko – © Astana Open
Russian qualifier Alexander Shevchenko reached the second round of the Swiss Indoors by beating Swiss Stan Wawrinka 6-3, 7-6 (8) at the Halle Saint-Jacques in Basel.
Shevchenko, ranked No 83, will face the winner of the match between American Taylor Fritz, the No 3 seed, and Australian Max Purcell next.
Basel ATP500, other first-round results (Halle Saint-Jacques, EUR 2.196.000, most recent results first):
- Leandro Riedi vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Alexander Bublik vs. Casper Ruud
- Taylor Fritz vs. Max Purcell
- Ugo Humbert vs. Marcos Giron
- Nicolas Jarry vs. Adrian Mannarino: tuesday
- Holger Rune (1) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 1-6, 7-5, 6-3
- Alex De Minaur (5) beat Diego Schwartzman: 6-4, 6-4
- Hubert Hurkacz (4) beat Dusan Lajovic: 7-6 (2), 6-3
- Dominic Stricker (WC) beat Benjamin Hassan (Q): 7-6 (2), 6-2
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Thiago Seyboth Wild (LL): 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-3
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Sebastian Korda (8): 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
- Botic van de Zandschulp (Q) beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-2
- Andy Murray beat Yannick Hanfmann: 7-5, 6-4
- Jan-Lennard Struff beat Christopher Eubanks: 7-6 (7), 6-4
- Sebastian Baez beat Christopher O’Connell (Q): 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-3
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