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- Casper Ruud, Félix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov were unable to finish their quarter-finals at the Swiss Indoors.
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Jaume Munar and Joao Fonseca are in the semi-finals after a reduced program.
- In the only regularly completed quarter-final, Ugo Humbert prevailed against Reilly Opelka.
The 5th Swiss Indoors Day ended unusually early. The semi-final table was already set before 9 p.m. And there was a reason for that: The Norwegian Casper Ruud (ATP 11) gave up against the Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ATP 18) after losing the starting set.
It was already the third game that could not be played to the end on Friday. Two Canadians had previously thrown in the towel. Félix Auger Aliassime (ATP 12), winner of the 2022 and 2023 editions, suffered a left knee injury against Jaume Munar (ESP/ATP 42) and gave up at 3:6.
Denis Shapovalov (ATP 23) was on the court longer against Joao Fonseca (BRA/ATP 46). But when the score was 6:3, 3:6 and 1:4 from his point of view, he also went for the handshake early. The 26-year-old also cited a knee injury as the reason. The audience acknowledged Shapovalov’s decision with a concert of whistles.
Humbert hits serving giants
So the only game in which a winner was played was the duel between Ugo Humbert (FRA/ATP 24) and Reilly Opelka (USA/ATP 62). The Frenchman won 7:6 (7:0) and 6:4. Humbert managed the only break of the game when the score was 5:4 in the second set.
Humbert said afterwards that he didn’t expect his own break against the strong-serving Opelka, but simply wanted to save himself in the tiebreak. He never gave up his own serve. He didn’t even have to fend off a break chance, although Opelka was certainly not inferior, at least in the first half of the match.
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