After the Djokovic upset: Struff storms into Basel semis as Fils retires
Jan-Lennard Struff followed up his win over Djokovic at the Swiss Indoors by beating Nuno Borges 6-2, 6-3. Jiri Lehecka awaits in the semi-finals. Arthur Fils had to retire injured.
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Jan-Lennard Struff remains in top form in Basel. A day after his first ever win over Novak Djokovic, the world No. 47 beat Portugal's Nuno Borges 6-2, 6-3 in 58 minutes in the Swiss Indoors quarter-finals, according to tennisnet.com. He led 4-0 in the second set, dropped serve twice and sealed it with an attack at the net. "Today again I felt really comfortable on court right from the start," Struff said.
In Saturday's semi-final the 36-year-old German meets eighth seed Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic, who beat Swiss wildcard Jerome Kym 6-4, 6-2, according to Reuters. After reaching the final in Brussels, it is Struff's second semi-final in as many weeks.
The other semi-final features Taylor Fritz and Valentin Vacherot. Fritz advanced when Arthur Fils retired injured at 6-2, 2-0 down after a medical timeout, according to the ATP. According to Reuters, the Frenchman said he felt a slight pain in one leg at the start of the match. Vacherot beat Holger Rune 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.