Published: 10:01, October 28, 2023 | Updated: 10:18, October 28, 2023
ATP: Top seed Holger Rune squeaks into Basel semis
By Reuters

Denmark's Holger Rune plays Argentina's Tomas Martin Etcheverry during their quarter finals match at the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, Oct 27, 2023. (PHOTO / AP)

No. 1 seed Holger Rune of Denmark got past Argentina's Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (6) Friday to reach the semifinals of the Swiss Indoors Basel.

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Rune failed to convert two match points during the third-set tiebreaker to let Etcheverry back into the match. But on the 13th point, Rune hit a dead netcord for a flukey, if fortunate, point. Etcheverry double-faulted on the next point to allow Rune to advance.

Argentina's Tomas Martin Etcheverry returns the ball to Denmark's Holger Rune during their quarter-finals match at the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, Oct 27, 2023. (PHOTO / AP)

Rune's semifinal opponent will be Canadian sixth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime, who outlasted Russian qualifier Alexander Shevchenko 7-6 (2), 3-6, 7-6 (1).

No. 4 seed Hubert Hurkacz of Poland will battle Ugo Humbert of France in the other semifinal. Hurkacz rallied past Dutch opponent Tallon Griekspoor 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-4, while Humbert beat Swiss wild card Dominic Stricker 6-4, 2-6, 6-2.

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The top four seeds all reached the semifinal round in Vienna, with No. 1 seed Daniil Medvedev of Russia needing three sets to beat countryman and eighth seed Karen Khachanov 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the quarters.

Daniil Medvedev of Russia returns a shot to Jannik Sinner of Italy during the men's singles final match in the China Open tennis tournament at the Diamond Court in Beijing, Oct 4, 2023. (PHOTO / AP)

Medvedev will face Greek fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, who outlasted Croatia's Borna Gojo 7-6 (4), 7-5.

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No. 2 seed Jannik Sinner of Italy won 32 of 38 first-service points (84.2 percent) to beat seventh-seeded American Frances Tiafoe 6-3, 6-4. And Russian No. 3 seed Andrey Rublev saved all six break points he faced to beat German No. 5 seed Alexander Zverev 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-3.