Tennis: Wawrinka into Basel second round, keeps London hopes alive

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BASEL, Switzerland (AFP) - Stan Wawrinka fired 10 aces and 30 winners to overwhelm fellow veteran Pablo Cuevas 6-3, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Swiss Indoors on Wednesday (Oct 23), keeping alive his outside chances of making the ATP Finals.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

BASEL, Switzerland - Stan Wawrinka fired 10 aces and 30 winners to overwhelm fellow veteran Pablo Cuevas 6-3, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Swiss Indoors on Wednesday , keeping alive his outside chances of making the ATP Finals.

The seventh seed is playing Basel for the 14th time and improved his record at the event to 12-13. He next takes on Frances Tiafoe of the United States. "Antwerp really helped me today, I've got confidence in my game, the game is there." But he refused to speculate on any London chances:"I'm super-far away, so it's not at all in my mind."

Goffin entered this week at provisional 10th in the race and is duelling with Italy's Matteo Berrettini, who currently stands eighth, and ninth-placed Roberto Bautista Agut.Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania lined up a second-round match with third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas after defeating Pablo Andujar 6-1, 6-1.

 

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