Fils Retires, Sending Fritz to Basel Semifinals
Arthur Fils retires while trailing 6–2, 2–0, having taken a medical timeout in the first set, and Taylor Fritz plays Valentin Vacherot for a place in the final.
Taylor Fritz reached the semifinals of the Swiss Indoors Basel when Arthur Fils retired injured trailing 6–2, 2–0 after 45 minutes, a result that keeps Fritz's bid for the ATP Finals alive.
Fils, the second seed, had taken a medical timeout at 5–2 in the first set. Fritz, 29, is 12th in the ATP Live Race to Turin and could rise to 10th by winning the title. He is 16–3 at ATP 500 events this season. Fils, 22, stays seventh in the race, 316 points ahead of ninth-placed Rafael Jodar, and is next scheduled to play the Paris Masters.
Fritz plays Valentin Vacherot, who beat Holger Rune 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 and saved nine of 10 break points. In the other semifinal, Jan-Lennard Struff faces Jiří Lehečka. Struff beat Nuno Borges 6–2, 6–3, and Lehečka beat Swiss wild card Jérôme Kym 6–4, 6–2.
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Taylor Fritz reached the semifinals of the Swiss Indoors Basel when Arthur Fils retired injured trailing 6–2, 2–0 after 45 minutes, a result that keeps Fritz's bid for the ATP Finals alive.
Fils, the second seed, had taken a medical timeout at 5–2 in the first set.
Fritz, 29, is 12th in the ATP Live Race to Turin and could rise to 10th by winning the title. He is 16–3 at ATP 500 events this season and has reached the semifinals in four of the five he has played.
Fils, 22, stays seventh in the race, 316 points ahead of ninth-placed Rafael Jodar, and is next scheduled to play the Paris Masters.
Fritz plays Valentin Vacherot, who beat Holger Rune 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 and saved nine of 10 break points.
"I thought we played a really good match," Vacherot said.
In the other semifinal, Jan-Lennard Struff, who beat Novak Djokovic in the second round, faces Jiří Lehečka. Struff beat Nuno Borges 6–2, 6–3 in 58 minutes, and Lehečka beat Swiss wild card Jérôme Kym 6–4, 6–2.