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No. 2 seed Jannik Sinner of Italy, Croatian
wild-card entrant Borna Gojo and France's Gael Monfils, who is
playing on a protected ranking, also blanked their respective
opponents in first-round matches. Sinner topped American Ben
Shelton 7-6 (2), 7-5; Gojo ousted Russia's Aslan Karatsev 6-3,
6-3; and Monfils downed Daniel Altmaier of Germany 6-4, 6-4.
In second-round action, fifth-seeded German Alexander Zverev
downed Great Britain's Cameron Norrie 6-2, 6-4, while No. 8 seed
Karen Khachanov of Russia defeated the Czech Republic's Jiri
Lehecka.
Swiss Indoors Basel
Argentina's Tomas Martin Etcheverry rallied to beat Andy Murray
of Great Britain 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2 in a second-round match at
Basel, Switzerland.
Etcheverry connected on 71 percent of his first serves and saved
five of six break points en route to the comeback. Murray lost
his serve to open the third set and was never able to recover.
No. 4 seed Hurbert Hurkacz of Poland also won his second-round
match, sweeping German Jan-Lennard Struff 6-1, 6-4.
Second-seeded Norwegian Casper Ruud, third-seeded American
Taylor Fritz, sixth-seeded Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime and
France's Ugo Humbert prevailed in first-round matches.
--Field Level Media
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