Match Report
Auger-Aliassime retires towards Munar in Basel, dents Turin hopes, Fonseca reaches SFs
Canadian is ninth within the PIF ATP Reside Race To Turin, 340 factors behind eighth-placed Musetti
October 24, 2025
Swiss Indoors Basel
Felix Auger-Aliassime triumphed in Basel in 2022 and 2023.
By ATP Employees
Felix Auger-Aliassime’s Nitto ATP Finals hopes suffered a setback on Friday on the Swiss Indoors Basel, the place he was pressured to retire towards Jaume Munar after shedding the primary set.
The Canadian was trailing 3-6 when he walked to the online and ended proceedings after 45 minutes of his quarter-final match on the ATP 500.
Auger-Aliassime lifted the trophy in Brussels final week to maneuver to ninth within the PIF ATP Reside Race To Turin. The 25-year-old, who married Nina Ghaibi final month, is 340 factors behind eighth-placed Lorenzo Musetti, who occupies the ultimate qualification spot. Musetti is in quarter-final motion towards Cornetin Moutet in Vienna afterward Friday.
Auger-Aliassime is hoping to make his second look on the prestigious year-end occasion, having competed in 2022. He holds a 43-21 report on the 12 months, in line with the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index and is scheduled to compete on the Rolex Paris Masters subsequent week.
Joao Fonseca adopted Auger-Aliassime and Munar onto court docket and overcame Denis Shapovalov, who additionally retired. Fonseca led the Canadian 3-6, 6-3, 4-1 when Shapovalov approached the Brazilian to shake arms.
Fonseca is into his second tour-level semi-final of the 12 months and first at ATP 500 degree. The 19-year-old gained his maiden tour-level crown in Buenos Aires earlier this 12 months and is now 23-15 on the season. Fonseca is the second-youngest semi-finalist this century and can play Munar on Saturday.
Ugo Humbert continued his spectacular week with a 7-6(0), 6-4 win towards American Reilly Opelka.
The 27-year-old Frenchman has gained a Tour-leading 22 matches indoors for the reason that begin of 2024, a tally that features two title runs in Marseille. He additionally reached championship matches in Paris final November and Stockholm final week.
Humbert will subsequent play eighth seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. After the Spaniard took the opening set off Casper Ruud 7-6(1), the fourth-seeded Norwegian retired as a result of an ankle damage, sending Davidovich Fokina to his sixth semi-final of the season. Ruud was on a six-match profitable streak, together with a title run finally week’s ATP 250 in Stockholm.
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