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The Swiss tennis player will beat the German Jan-Lennard Struff and the winner of the match between the Frenchman Gilles Simon and the Latvian Ernests Gulbis will be measured
The Swiss Roger Federer, defending champion, will be qualified this Thursday. The quarter-finals of the Basel tournament beat German No. 1 Jan-Lennard Struff, number 52, in two sets, 6-3 and 7-5, in just over an hour.
In half-gasoline, accompanied by a "break" on the part of the Teutonic (3-1), Federer was redone with five consecutive victories in the first set, then he broke the service of his opponent at the right moment of the second. (Read here: Mateo Gómez, on the lookout for the Australian Open)
The former world number 1, currently ranked third in the ATP rankings, was stronger than at his previous match, in which he had to face two hours to win in three sets the Serbian Filip Krajinovic, number 35 in the world.
In the quarterfinals, the Swiss will face the winner of the duel between the 32-year-old Frenchman Gilles Simon and the Latvian Ernests Gulbis, 104.
At 37, Federer seeks a ninth title in Basel, his city natal On their side, the German Alexander Zverev and the Spanish Roberto Bautista, respectively fifth and 26th of the world, ranked fourth. Both teams will face for a place in the semi-finals.
Zverev, seeded second, won the 6-4 double against Australian Alexei Popyrin (174). His next opponent, Bautista, got rid of Serbian Dusan Lajovic (49th) by 6-7 (6/8), 6-3, and 6-3. (See also: Elina Svitolina qualified for the semifinals of the WTA Masters tournament)
The Basel tournament is on a hard surface and has almost two million euros in prizes.
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