Rune also saved Bautista from the Basel final

neither Carlos Alcaraz neither Robert Baptist. The indoor ATP on the hard court of basel can live this Sunday (3:00 pm) in a final between the Spanish, but the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime (6-3, 6-2) and the Danish Holger Rune (7-6, 7-6) closed the door on both in the semifinals of the Swiss tournament.

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Therefore, the Basel title will continue to be a forbidden preserve for Spanish tennis: Rafael Nadal was the only finalist, but lost in 2015 against Roger Federerchampion 10 times in his hometown, including the last three editions (2017, 2018, 2019).

Either Auger or Rune will be Federer’s successor after the coronavirus pandemic forced the suspension of tournaments in 2020 and 2021. The 22-year-old Canadian and world number 9, and the Dane, 19 and 25th, are two tennis players which sank to a sensational win. streak on the indoor tour and this Sunday they will play their third consecutive ATP final.

Auger has a 12-game winning streak counting his titles Antwerp Y florencewhile Rune has won 13 of his last 14 matches: the Swiss Marc-Andrea Huesler he was deprived of the title Sofiabut Holger eventually the Greek was defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas at the end of Stockholm.

His state of grace in Basel remains unchanged, especially on serve, with Auger facing just one break ball in 40 service at-bats and Rune, who was also not served to him in 41 at-bats , saved 11 break points, seven. to them before Bautista.

After losing the first set with a round tiebreak for the Scandinavian (7-1), the Spaniard had break balls in three consecutive games, but Rune, always more determined than Bautista looking for the winning shot, raised all situations, including a 0 -40 with 2-2 and a 15-40 with 3-3.

However, Roberto had his best chance to force a third set when he took the lead (2-6) and had four straight set points in the second tiebreak, but again he overheated against the rougher who is the enemy. and Rune linked six run points to prove his victory and advance to the final: 7-6 (1) and 7-6 (6) in two hours of play.