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Swiss Indoors Basel 2016: Tuesday Tennis Scores, Results, Updated Draw Schedule
- Updated: October 25, 2016
Stanislas Wawrinka recovered from a nervy start to complete a comeback victory over Marco Chiudinelli and bag his place in the second round of the 2016 Swiss Indoors in Basel, Switzerland.
The home favourite and tournament top seed emerged a 6-7(1), 6-1, 6-4 victor after being put to the sword early on by his underdog opponent, coming close to a first-round upset in the process.
Second seed Milos Raonic was an early departure from the tournament and exited at the first hurdle following his 6-3, 3-6, 3-6 defeat to Ricardas Berankis, while Florian Mayer closed out a 6-1, 6-7(2), 6-4 win against Benoit Paire.
Earlier in the day, Paire’s French compatriot Nicolas Mahut also left the competition after losing to Paolo Lorenzi 6-4, 7-6(4), while sixth seed Grigor Dimitrov dropped at the hands of Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller.
Read on for a roundup of Tuesday’s results in full, complete with a recap of the Day 2 results and a look toward Wednesday’s schedule.
Recap
What ended as a bright day for top seed Wawrinka came close to ending in tears after his shaky outing against Chiudinelli, who exchanged the lead with his opponent in the first set and broke serve four times en route to a tiebreak win.
It was to …
