ATP500 - Basel Tournament

ROUND 2

Top Half of the Draw

1     Carlos Alcaraz                               vs      Botic van de Zandschulp

5    Pablo Carreno-Busta                       vs     Dominic Stricker

3 Felix Auger-Aliassme                         v s      Miomir Kecmanovic

Albert Ramos-Viinolas                         vs       Alexander Bublik

 Bottom Half of the Draw

Holger Rune                                        vs        Ugo Humber

Arthur Rinderknech                            vs        Alex Molcan

6    Robert-Bautista-Agut                   vs        Andy Murray  

Stan Wawrinka                                    vs       Brandon Nakashimma

Djokovic is not really interested in playing in Turin in the EOY Championship in mid-November - or that may seem to be the case - since there is no confirmation of him playing on the Paris Maters Tournament starting on 31 October 2022.  if he does not play in the latter tournament he ahs zero chanc e to be in the top 8 players  and will also lose his pesent n 7 ranking.    We will hopefully kno by SDatirday whether he is involved. 

Nadal has confirmed that he is going  to play in Paris next week and will play in the EOY Championship in Turyn.   

There were thus far some real surprises in results in Round 1,   Those include -

*    Wawrinka - who has not won against a top 10 player for ages - beating Casper Ruud;

*     Rinderknech beating Marin Cilic;

*     Stricker beating Cressy; and

*     Molcan beating McDonald.

*      Rune beating De Minaur  

The fact is that Ruud this year had a dismal record in most tournaments,    He had the luck of a pox-doctor getting through to the finals in Paris and Wimbledon - where he lost badly in both.   For ordinary tournaments he was beaten in rounds 1 or 2 at least four times and has had no tournaments final wins this year. on any level.   With that kind of record he ahs a chanc e of doing better in 2023 - but whether that would materialize is another question.   A good player - but whether he actually belongs in the Top 10 rankings looks questionable.

Thus far only 1 of the 4 seeded players i n the bottom half of the draw survived the first Round - namely Bautista-Agut.   Looks li ke Rune would have a clear run through to the semifinal

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SEMIFINALS

1     Carlos Alcaraz                         vs   3    Felix Auger-Aliassme

6    Robert-Bautista-Agut               vs    Holger Rune

QUARTERFINALS

Top Half of the Draw

1     Carlos Alcaraz                       vs          5    Pablo Carreno-Busta

3     Felix Auger-Aliassme           vs           Alexander Bublic

 Bottom Half of the Draw

Holger Rune/Ugo Humber           vs            Arthur Rinderknech

6    Robert-Bautista-Agut              vs            Stan Wawrinka

FINAL

3    Felix Auger-Aliassme           vs             Holger Rune

Aliassime beat Rune  and is the new champion in Basel.   Congrats.