Determined Holger Rune outlasts Etcheverry in the quarter to play vs Auger-Aliassime. HIGHLIGHTS – BASEL RESULTS

SWISS INDOORS BASEL - BASEL DRAW AND RESULTS. Rune survives Etcheverry to compete against Felix Auger-Aliassime in the semifinal

By
Luke Meyer
-
Prediction and head to head Holger Rune vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry

Holger Rune outlasts Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-1 3-6 7-6(6) in the quarter in Basel on Friday after conquering a huge battle. Rune will face off with Felix Auger-Aliassime in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 39 minutes. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the final in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.

Rune
Basel
Rune's Record

Holger added to his prize money € 63,200 after conquering this match. He has already won € 129,225 until now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, Holger will add € 113,255 to his earnings to get in total € 242,480.

Highlights Holger Rune vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry Swiss Indoors Basel – Basel

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Rune
Etcheverry
Holger Rune
6-1 3-6 7-66
2h:39
Tomas Martin Etcheverry
97
97
Total points
98
98
49
49
Winners
45
45
51%
51%
Ratio Winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
6
6
2
2
Double Faults
1
1
55%
55%
1st in
75%
75%
79%
79%
1st won
73%
73%
49/62
49/62
1st won
45/62
45/62
48%
48%
2nd won
67%
67%
24/50
24/50
2nd won
14/21
14/21
-- Break Points --
2/5
2/5
Total
1/10
1/10
40%
40%
Won
10%
10%
See Full Stats

Rune won this match even if he scored less points than Etcheverry (97 vs. 98).

Rune

The Dane served very well to win 79% of the points (49/62) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 48% points (24/50) on his second serve. The Dane blasted 11 aces and he committed 2 double faults. The Dane won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points since he converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.

Etcheverry

On the other side, the Argentine was struggling when converting his break points (only 10% – 1/10). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Rune and Etcheverry is 2-1 for Holger.

Draw and next match H2H: Holger Rune vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime – stats

Rune will face Auger-Aliassime in the semifinal.

This will be the 4th time that Holger Rune and Felix Auger-Aliassime clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Rune (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on I.hard.

The last time that they played each other, Rune won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Beijing back in September 2023.

Holger Rune Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Rune 6-1
RuneEtcheverry
6
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
RuneEtcheverry
6
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
RuneEtcheverry
5
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
RuneEtcheverry
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
RuneEtcheverry
3
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
RuneEtcheverry
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
RuneEtcheverry
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
RuneEtcheverry
1
0
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40

Rune was too strong to drop barely 1 game before breaking the Argentine 2 times and win the set 6-1.

Tomas Martin was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.

Rune was spot on in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, Etcheverry was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 3rd game (1-1 40-A).

They played 51 points. The Dane conquered the set after winning 9 more points than the Argentine (30-21). The Dane conceded 10 points on serve (21-10). On the losing side, Etcheverry conceded 9 points on serve (11-9).

2nd Set -
Etcheverry 6-3
EtcheverryRune
6
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
EtcheverryRune
6
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
EtcheverryRune
5
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
EtcheverryRune
5
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
EtcheverryRune
4
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
EtcheverryRune
4
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
EtcheverryRune
3
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
EtcheverryRune
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
EtcheverryRune
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Etcheverry conquered in the 4th game (3-1) before ultimately conquering the set (6-3).

Rune had to surrender the 4th game (3-1) when he was 40-0 up.

The Argentine was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-1 40-A), the 6th (4-1 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40). On the other side, Tomas Martin didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 63 points. Etcheverry won 5 more points than the Dane (34-29). The Argentine was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). on the other side of the court, Rune conceded 18 points on serve (25-18).

3rd Set -
Rune 7-6
RuneEtcheverry
7
6
R
1
0
E
1
1
E
2
1
R
3
1
R
4
1
E
4
2
E
4
3
R
4
4
R
5
4
E
6
4
E
6
5
R
6
6
R
7
6
E
8
6
RuneEtcheverry
6
6
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
RuneEtcheverry
6
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
RuneEtcheverry
5
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
RuneEtcheverry
5
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
RuneEtcheverry
4
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
RuneEtcheverry
4
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
RuneEtcheverry
3
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
RuneEtcheverry
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
RuneEtcheverry
2
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
RuneEtcheverry
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
RuneEtcheverry
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40

Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Finally, Holger won a thrilling breaker 8-6 after a huge fight with 14 points played.

Tiebreak

Holger won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 10th (6-4) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, the Argentine won 2 minibreaks in the 8th (4-4) and 12th (6-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

Rune was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Tomas Martin wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 11th game (5-5 40-A).

They contested 81 points. It’s worth to point out that, Holger won this set even if he scored less points 5 than Tomas Martin (38-43). Rune surrendered 11 points on serve (28-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Tomas Martin conceded 10 points on serve (32-10).

1st
Rune
Etcheverry
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Rune
Etcheverry
3-6
3
6
3
5
2
5
2
4
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
0
1
3rd
Rune
Etcheverry
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

Tennis Scores in Basel

Upcoming matches