Stan Wawrinka fights past countryman Marco Chiudinelli, while Ricardas Berankis ousts Milos Raonic in the first round of the Swiss Indoors Basel. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Stan Wawrinka analyses a hard-fought first-round win over fellow Swiss Marco Chiudinelli at the Swiss Indoors Basel. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Top seeds Horia Tecau and Jean-Julien Rojer advanced to the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors Basel on Monday with a 6-3, 3-6, 10-3 win against Argentines Federico Delbonis and Guido Pella. Tecau/Rojer hadn't played together since their fourth-round match at the US Open because Tecau had been out with a foot injury. They won the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals last season and are trying to qualify for the year-end championships again this year. Tecau/Rojer are currently in ninth place in the Emirates ATP Doubles Race To London, 295 points behind eighth-placed Treat Huey and Max Mirnyi. The top eight doubles teams at the end of the season will qualify for the year-end championships, to be held 13-20 Nov. at...
Third seed Kei Nishikori raced through his opening round match on Monday at the Swiss Indoors Basel, going on an eight-game run to advance 7-5, 6-1 over Dusan Lajovic. "He showed great fight out there," said Nishikori. "I wish I could have played a better match, but have had good training sessions these past two weeks and am feeling good physically." Both players traded routine service holds throughout most of the opening set, but Nishikori grabbed the first break of serve at 6-5 and never looked back. He stormed to a 5-0 lead in the second set and comfortably held serve to close out the match on his first attempt. Nishikori improves his FedEx ATP Head2Head against Lajovic to 2-0....
Top seed Stan Wawrinka talks about the home crowd support in Basel and his first-round match against fellow Swiss player Marco Chiudinelli. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.