Hardly anything forgotten: Belinda Bencic celebrates her commanding victory. Picture: Keystone The Swiss women’s tennis team leave no stone unturned in the Billie Jean King Cup play-off against Serbia. Belinda Bencic and Viktorija Golubic take a 2-0 lead in Biel. The Swiss women confidently lived up to their role as favorites on the first day...
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Switzerland devastating in Coolmore Stud Stakes romp
Trainer Chris Waller has claimed a record sixth Coolmore Stud Stakes with star colt Switzerland simply brilliant in the stallion-making group 1 feature. The son of Snitzel roared away with the $2 million feature to deliver champion jockey James McDonald three of the past four stagings of the three-year-old-showpiece. “That’s what we do baby,” James...
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Mpetshi Perricard rides sizzling serve to upset Shelton and win Swiss Indoors
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Swiss publication details shock ‘falling out’ between Roger Federer, Basel tournament
There may be something bigger in Roger Federer not making a guest appearance in Basel since retiring as a Swiss publication reports the tennis legend had a falling out with Swiss Indoors tournament director Roger Brennwald in the past and that there is basically zero mention of the tournament’s legend at this year’s event. If...
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Shelton beats Fils and lines up Mpetshi Perricard in the Swiss Indoors final
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Excellent Mpetshi Perricard gets past Rune in Basel for first 500-level final
Mpetshi Perricard was excellent throughout, mixing precision-guided power with intelligent and well-executed forays to the net. All this was given room to flourish off a foundation of rock-solid serving that completely shut Rune out, with the world No 14 unable to generate a single break point on his opponent’s serve. That being said, it was...
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Shelton edges past Fils to reach Swiss Indoors final
Despite a straight-set victory, it was a tightly contested match, with Fils failing to convert four set points in the second-set breaker as the American recovered from 6-3 and 7-6 down to power through to the final in Basel. In a serve-dominated contest, a single break in the first set was all Shelton required as...
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Two serving cannons in the final
Friendly embrace after a duel with plenty of drama: Ben Shelton (front) defeated his good friend Arthur Fils Keystone The American number 6 seed Ben Shelton and the French surprise man Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard will be in the final of the Swiss Indoors in Basel on Sunday. The 22-year-old Ben Shelton (ATP 23) was one...
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Canada’s Denis Shapovalov eliminated in Swiss Indoors quarterfinals
BASEL, Switzerland – Canada’s Denis Shapovalov was eliminated from the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament Friday with a hard-fought 6-7 (7) 6-3, 7-6 (3) quarterfinal loss to France’s Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard. Mpetshi Perricard dominated the deciding tiebreak, racing out to a 6-2 lead before winning with an ace on his second match point. The 21-year-old Frenchman...
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Ben Shelton Upsets Andrey Rublev in Swiss Indoors
The Swiss Indoors has provided tennis fans with plenty of exciting storylines, but the best matchup came on Friday. The one-seed Andrey Rublev faced six-seed Ben Shelton in the quarterfinals. The two competitors had never played each other before today, and their first match lived up to the hype. Shelton defeated Rublev in three sets:...
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Swiss Indoors tie suspended due to fog as star uses towel to clear the air
Play was suspended before a match could even get underway at the Swiss Indoors after fog filled the court. Ben Shelton and Andrey Rublev completed their warm-up but couldn’t start their quarter-final because of the bizarre interruption. The American attempted to clear the mist with his towel but there was an eight-minute wait to get...
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Swiss Indoors: Fils reaches last four, dents Tsitsipas’s Turin hopes
Tsitsipas, meanwhile, is now unlikely to make it to the ATP Finals in Turin, currently at No 12 in the Race and almost 850 points behind Andrey Rublev, who stands No 8. Fils, ranked No 20, will play the winner of the match between Russian Andrey Rublev, the top seed, and American Ben Shelton, the...