The French boy Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard left the tournament in Basel without a champion in the last two editions, Felix Auger Aliassimeeighth seed, whom he defeated 6-1 and 7-6 (6) to reach the quarterfinals, where he will play against the Canadian. Denis ShapovalovSpanish executioner Roberto Bautista.
Mpetshi Perricard, 21 years old, now ranked 50th in the ranking, made his record debut in Lyon the same year, where he won his only trophy so far. He had never played Aliassime before, whom he eliminated in eighty minutes. The North American, who became the sixth player in the world, reacted in the second set but did not strengthen the improvement of the victory.
Mpetshi Perricard will face another Canadian in the quarterfinals, Denis Shapovalov which ended the Spanish winning streak Roberto Bautista by winning 6-3 and 7-6(4).
Shapovalov underlined the bête noire status of the Spanish player, whom he defeated both at Wimbledon in 2021 and a few weeks earlier in 2024, in Washington. This time, the American entered the match better and then avoided the reaction of Bautista who fought until the tiebreaker of the second set to close out the win after one hour and 41 minutes.
The Danish did not disappoint Holger Runefourth favorite and finalist in 2022, Auger Aliassime was overtaken in the final, beating the Swiss Dominic Stricker of 6-3 and 7-6(2). Rune will play and look for the semifinals in the clash against the Belgians David Goffin.
At the same time, the Basel public said goodbye to the local idol Stanislas Wawrinka that he could not extend his presence in the tournament. After defeating the Frenchman in the first round Adrien Mannarinothe veteran Swiss player lost to youth Ben Shelton who won 7-6(2) and 7-5, in one hour and 37 minutes of the first face-to-face between the two.
Shelton reached his thirteenth quarterfinal on the circuit, his ninth in 2024, which he will play against the first seed, Russian Andrey Rublev.
The American joins the French Arthur Filsseventh seed, who eliminated Spanish Pedro Martínez from the tournament by 7-5 and 6-3, heading to the quarterfinals where he will face Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, third seed.
The Frenchman, ranked twentieth in the world, needed just an hour and a half to topple Martínez, who will face him for the third time in 2024, although for the first time on hard court. Espanyol won the rivalry in Santiago de Chile and Fils the one in Bordeaux.
Fils, winner this year in Tokyo and Hamburg, victories that joined Lyon last year, will play in the quarterfinals with the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, third seed, who beat the Dutch Botic Van de Zandschulp by 7-6(3 ) and 7 -5 in one hour and 48 minutes.
Source: La Verdad
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