Peter Gojowczyk and Mischa Zverev were eliminated in the first round of the indoor tournament in Basel. Local hero Roger Federer, however, had little trouble in his opening match.
Gojowczyk was defeated by the Belgian top player David Goffin, who was seeded third, 2:6,5:7. Zverev, who was eighth in the standings, had previously lost 5:7,5:7,5:7 after 1:42 hours against Leonardo Mayer from Argentina.
Grand Slam record winner Roger Federer has won his home tournament’s eighth title with a safe first-round win. Against the American talent Frances Tiafoe (19), who was born in the United States on 7 March 19. till 11. The old champion won the first U21 World Championship on November 21, winning 6:1,6:3. Federer has reached the final in Basel twelve times, uninterrupted from 2006 to 2015. Permanent rival Nadal had cancelled due to injury.
Top ten player Goffin needed only 81 minutes to win his first match with Gojowczyk, who celebrated his first ATP Tour title in September. The Belgian is currently in eighth place among the best players of the year and could have a good result in Basel for the ATP final in London (12th place). till 19. November) qualify. At the beginning of October Goffin had won his fourth title in Tokyo.
Zverev won his third duel with Hamburg winner Mayer and won his second defeat on the ATP tour. However, the first two clashes took place eight years ago. For the older of the two Zverev brothers, who is ranked 30th in the ranking, it was already the 14th place. Kick-off defeat this season. In the second round, Zverev had struck 5:4 to equalize the score. In the evening, Florian Mayer from Bayreuth will play against former Grand Slam winner Marin Cilic.