ATP Basel: Wawrinka narrowly fails at Bautista Agut, Rune beats Rinderknech
Stan Wawrinka lost to Roberto Bautista Agut in the quarterfinals of the ATP 500 tournament in Basel. The Spaniard meets Holger Rune in the semifinals.
by Nikolaus Fink
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Oct 28, 2022, 11:06 pm

Stan Wawrinka was eliminated despite a strong performance in the quarterfinals of the ATP 500 event in Basel. The three-time Grand Slam winner narrowly lost to Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut in front of his home crowd 5: 7 and 6: 7 (5).
Bautista Agut meets Holger Rune in the semifinals on Saturday. The 19-year-old Dane, who won the title in Stockholm last week, beat Arthur Rinderknech 7:6 (0) and 6:2 in the last quarter-final game of the day.
In the semifinals of the top half, Carlos Alcaraz and Felix Auger-Aliassime will face each other. The Spanish world number one defeated Pablo Carreno Busta in straight sets on Friday , while Auger-Aliassime celebrated his eleventh win in a row against Alexander Bublik .