ATP roundup: Stan Wawrinka ousts Casper Ruud in Switzerland

Basel, October 26 (BUS): Stan Wawrinka, 37, played in his home country and on a protected seed, beating second seed Kasper Ruud of Norway 6-4, 6-4 in the first round of the tournament. Swiss Interior Basel in Switzerland.

The three-time Grand Slam winner is still coming back from a foot injury that required multiple surgeries. He saved all three break points he faced against Rudd, went 2 for 2 in her conversion point break and earned a 9-5 edge in an aces, Reuters reported.

Fifth-seeded Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta beat Argentine Sebastian Paez 6-2, 6-1, and Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut beat Serbian Laslo Djerre 6-4, 6-1.

Britain’s Andy Murray beat Russian qualifier Roman Sviulin 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4. Other winners include Serbian Miomir Kekmanovic, Slovakia’s Alex Mulkan, Dutch Van de Zandschulp and Swiss wild card Dominic Stryker.

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On home ground, Dominic Thiem saved two match points and fought back to beat Tommy Ball 2-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (6) in the first round in Vienna, Austria.

In the second round, Tim could face top seed Russia’s Daniil Medvedev, who still has to face Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia in the opening round match.

Polish fifth seed Hubert Hurkacz beat Frances Tiafoe 7-6 (9), 3-6, 6-3. In addition to smashing 28 aces, Hurkacz recovered from a 5-1 delay in the first set tiebreak and saved two points before moving forward.

Britain’s Cameron Norrie, the seventh seed, returned to defeat Argentine loser Pedro Cachin 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (1). Their matches were also won by Grigor Dimitrov from Bulgaria, Daniel Evans from Great Britain and Emil Rosovori from Finland and Canada Denis Shapovalov.