about 24 hours ago

Valentin Vacherot Pushes Top Seed Taylor Fritz to the Brink in Basel

Fresh off his Shanghai Masters 1000 breakthrough, Vacherot nearly shocked top seed Fritz in Basel, falling 4-6, 7-6, 7-5 after two-and-a-half hours. The Monegasque controlled long stretches, forced a tiebreak, and had Fritz on the ropes before the American’s experience told late. Vacherot has an MD wild card next week for the Paris Masters.