Strong-willed Felix Auger-Aliassime outlasts Shevchenko in the quarter to set up a battle vs Rune. HIGHLIGHTS – BASEL RESULTS

SWISS INDOORS BASEL - BASEL DRAW AND RESULTS. Auger-Aliassime survives Shevchenko to take on Holger Rune in the semifinal

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Alexander Shevchenko

Felix Auger-Aliassime survives Alexander Shevchenko 7-6(2) 3-6 7-6(1) in the quarter in Basel on Friday after conquering a huge battle. Auger-Aliassime will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Holger Rune in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 34 minutes. Felix won this tournament once in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.

Auger-Aliassime
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Auger-Aliassime's Record

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

Highlights Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Alexander Shevchenko Swiss Indoors Basel – Basel

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Auger-Aliassime
Shevchenko
Felix Auger-Aliassime
7-62 3-6 7-61
2h:34
Alexander Shevchenko
101
101
Total points
107
107
49
49
Winners
45
45
49%
49%
Ratio Winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
16
16
Aces
8
8
3
3
Double Faults
0
0
61%
61%
1st in
64%
64%
74%
74%
1st won
71%
71%
49/66
49/66
1st won
45/63
45/63
49%
49%
2nd won
64%
64%
21/43
21/43
2nd won
23/36
23/36
-- Break Points --
3/8
3/8
Total
4/8
4/8
38%
38%
Won
50%
50%
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Felix won this contest even if he scored less points than the Russian (101 vs. 107).

Auger-Aliassime

Felix fired 16 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Felix won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.

Shevchenko

On the other side, Shevchenko was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (4/8). However, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this contest, the head to head between Auger-Aliassime and Shevchenko is 1-0 for Felix.

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

Auger-Aliassime will face Rune in the semifinal.

This will be the 4th time that Felix Auger-Aliassime and Holger Rune face off. 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.

Felix Auger-Aliassime Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Auger-Aliassime 7-6
Auger-AliassimeShevchenko
7
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
Auger-AliassimeShevchenko
7
6
1
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
2
4
2
5
2
6
2
Auger-AliassimeShevchenko
6
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
Auger-AliassimeShevchenko
6
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
Auger-AliassimeShevchenko
5
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
Auger-AliassimeShevchenko
5
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
Auger-AliassimeShevchenko
4
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
Auger-AliassimeShevchenko
4
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
Auger-AliassimeShevchenko
3
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
Auger-AliassimeShevchenko
2
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
Auger-AliassimeShevchenko
1
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
Auger-AliassimeShevchenko
1
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
Auger-AliassimeShevchenko
0
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
Auger-AliassimeShevchenko
0
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40

Auger-Aliassime conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Alexander Shevchenko in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, the Canadian managed to stage a good comeback to break the Russian in the 6th (3-3) game before winning the set (7-6).

The Canadian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th game (2-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Russian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 3rd game (2-1 40-A).

They played 87 points. It’s worth to point out that, Felix won this set even if he scored less points 5 than the Russian (41-46). Auger-Aliassime surrendered 17 points on serve (27-17). Regarding the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 14 points on serve (29-14).

2nd Set -
Shevchenko 6-3
ShevchenkoAuger-Aliassime
6
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
ShevchenkoAuger-Aliassime
6
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
ShevchenkoAuger-Aliassime
5
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
ShevchenkoAuger-Aliassime
5
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
ShevchenkoAuger-Aliassime
4
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
ShevchenkoAuger-Aliassime
4
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
ShevchenkoAuger-Aliassime
3
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
ShevchenkoAuger-Aliassime
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
ShevchenkoAuger-Aliassime
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Russian conquered in the 4th game (3-1) before finally conquering the set (6-3).

Alexander was perfect in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 8th (5-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (6-2 15-40). On the other side, Shevchenko didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 50 points. Shevchenko was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than Auger-Aliassime (28-22). Alexander surrendered 6 points on serve (17-6). On the losing side, Felix conceded 11 points on serve (16-11).

3rd Set -
Auger-Aliassime 7-6
Auger-AliassimeShevchenko
7
6
A
1
0
S
2
0
S
3
0
A
4
0
A
5
0
S
6
0
S
6
1
A
7
1
Auger-AliassimeShevchenko
6
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
Auger-AliassimeShevchenko
6
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
Auger-AliassimeShevchenko
5
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
Auger-AliassimeShevchenko
4
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
Auger-AliassimeShevchenko
4
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
Auger-AliassimeShevchenko
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
Auger-AliassimeShevchenko
3
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
Auger-AliassimeShevchenko
3
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
Auger-AliassimeShevchenko
2
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
Auger-AliassimeShevchenko
1
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
Auger-AliassimeShevchenko
0
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A

Auger-Aliassime was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Alexander Shevchenko in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, there was more work to do for the Canadian to win the set because Alexander managed to break back in the 9th (5-4) game. Felix kept his focus before winning the set at the breaker at 1.

Tiebreak

The Canadian won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 6th (6-0) and 8th (7-1) point.

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

Felix converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 40-A). On the other side, the Russian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-4 30-40).

They contested 71 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Auger-Aliassime won only 1 point more than the Russian (36-35). The Canadian conceded 11 points on serve (21-11). In addition, on the other side, Shevchenko conceded 15 points on serve (24-15).

1st
Auger-Aliassime
Shevchenko
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
3
1
3
1
2
0
2
0
1
2nd
Auger-Aliassime
Shevchenko
3-6
3
6
3
5
2
5
2
4
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
0
1
3rd
Auger-Aliassime
Shevchenko
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
4
5
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
0
2
0
1
 

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