ATP Basel: Zverev and Tsitsipas want to call Federer
Roger Federer is aiming for his tenth home win at the ATP Tour 500 tournament in Basel. In addition to the Swiss, there are three other top ten players at the start.
by tennisnet.com
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Sep 13, 2019, 11:19 am
Big tennis from the organizers of the simultaneous ATP Tour 500 tournaments in Vienna and Basel: all available top ten players for the week between October 21 and 27 have either in the Austrian capital or for the home tournament submitted by Roger Federer. Not in the raffle were Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, who opened a competition in Kazakhstan for a small fee for pain and suffering that same week.
So while local hero Dominic Thiem (number 5) and US Open finalist Daniil Medvedev (4) as well as Kei Nishikori (8) and Karen Khachanov (9) serve in Vienna, the organizers in Switzerland have Alexander Zverev (6) and Stefanos Tsitsipas (7) and Roberto Bautista-Agut (10) committed.
Federer 2018 final winner against Copil
First of all, of course, is Roger Federer, who is aiming for his tenth title at the traditional indoor tournament. Last year, the 38-year-old surprisingly had to compete with Marius Copil, who defeated Alexander Zverev on the way to the final. Stan Wawrinka will also be playing in the St. Jakobs-Halle, the three-time major champion was last in the quarterfinals at the US Open.
From a German perspective, Jan-Lennard Struff also appears in the grid. The Warsteiner would have loved to play in Vienna too, but Struff missed the cut for the main field there.