BASEL, Switzerland — Prime-seeded Andrey Rublev gained in his Swiss Indoors debut on Monday and bolstered his hopes of qualifying for a fifth consecutive ATP Finals subsequent month.
The seventh-ranked Rublev beat Nuno Borges of Portugal 6-3, 6-2.
Rublev holds the eighth and last spot for the season-ending ATP Finals. He’s attempting to remain forward of ninth-placed Alex de Minaur, who’s enjoying in Vienna.
Fifth-seeded Ugo Humbert fired 13 aces whereas battling previous Swiss qualifier Jerome Kym 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-5. Humbert’s second-round opponent might be fortunate loser David Goffin, who had his personal struggles to place down Matteo Arnaldi of Italy 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2.
Seventh-seeded Arthur Fils additionally had bother with German qualifier Daniel Altmaier, successful 7-6 (5), 6-3 solely after saving two set factors within the first set and coming from a break down within the second.
Info from The Related Press was used on this report.
