Even in the case the Swiss Federal Council lifts some restrictions allowing the presence of spectators, it would be very difficult to hold an indoor tournament. Jakobshalle alone would be too high without spectators. The costs for renting and providing the St. Holding the Swiss Indoors without spectators would be an issue for Basel organizers. “Unfortunately the coronavirus has several match points and is set for victory. Taylor Fritz props up the bottom bracket of the top half of the draw and the third seed, who was stunned by Shintaro Mochizuki at the Japan Open, faces Max Purcell in his opener while he could face Stan Wawrinka in the second round and defending champion Felix Auger-Aliassime in the quarter-final.Tournament head Roger Brennwald said that holding the tournament with no fans or with social distancing has to be ruled out on economic reasons. The former world No 1 faces Yannick Hanfmann in his opener while he is projected to face eighth seed Sebastian Korda – who is up against Tomas Etcheverry in the first round – in the round of 16. Murray himself has struggled in recent months as he won just one match in three tournaments during the Asian swing. If the 20-year-old gets through the Kecmanovic clash then he will potentially face world No 28 Sebastian Baez in the second round while Andy Murray could await in the quarter-final. READ MORE: Boris Becker banned from Wimbledon despite big coaching return with Holger Rune He recently added tennis great Boris Becker to his coaching team in an attempt to turn things around. Rune has also been in poor form in recent months as he has won only one match since reaching the quarter-final at Wimbledon. Kecmanovic went on to reach the semi-final of the Stockholm Open following his win over the Dane as he went down against Pavel Kotov on Saturday. With Carlos Alcaraz withdrawing from the ATP 500 event due to injury, Rune has assumed the duties as the top seed, but the current world No 6 has not received the kindest of draws.īarely a week after he was beaten by Miomir Kecmanovic straight sets in the first round in Sweden, Rune will have another crack at the Serbian in Switzerland. Holger Rune will face a familiar foe in the opening round of the Swiss Indoors as it will be the same player who sent him packing from the Stockholm Open this week.

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