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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Roger Federer snubbed by home tournament Swiss Indoors after row with organisers
Roger Federer appears to have been snubbed by the Swiss Indoors in his hometown of Basel, with speculation rife that he has fallen out with tournament organisers. The tennis icon won the tournament a record 10 times during his playing days, with his final triumph coming at the 2019 edition. Federer is widely regarded as...
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Huge umpire blunder at Swiss Indoors as player floored after being hit by ball
Ben Shelton was the beneficiary of a major umpire blunder at the Swiss Indoors in Basel after he was awarded a point that should’ve gone the way of Tomas Martin Etcheverry. The Argentine had been drawn against Shelton in the tournament’s first round and was locked in a ding-dong battle with the sixth seed. Shelton...