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Stefanos Tsitsipas rallies past Alexander Bublik to reach the Swiss Indoors Basel quarterfinals

Basel, Switzerland - Stefanos Tsitsipas rallied to defeat Alexander Bublik in the second round of the Swiss Indoors Basel on Tuesday

In a match filled with big-hitting and momentum swings, Tsitsipas was able to find his rhythm in the end and secure a 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 victory. The Greek star Tsitsipas started the match well, breaking Bublik's serve in the second game. He held his serve to love in the third game and looked to be in control. However, Bublik fought back and broke Tsitsipas back in the fourth game. The set continued on serve until the ninth game, when Tsitsipas broke Bublik again to take a 5-4 lead. Tsitsipas then served out the set to take a one-set lead. The second set started with Tsitsipas breaking Bublik's serve in the first game. Bublik, however, broke back in the third game as the set began to turn Bublik's way. Bublik began to play more aggressively and started to hit winners from all over the court. This began to force Tsitsipas into making more errors. Bublik would win 3 of the next 4 games with no dropped serve points to tie up the match at 1 set apiece. The third set started with both players holding serve in the first four games. The set then started to go Tsitsipas's way as he broke Bublik's serve in the fifth game. Tsitsipas then held his serve to love in the sixth game and looked to be in control of the set. Bublik fought back and broke Tsitsipas back in the seventh game. The match looked as if it were headed to a tiebreaker until Tsitsipas broke Bublik again in the ninth game. Tsitsipas then served out the set to win the match. Tsitsipas will face either Ugo Humbert or Dominic Stricker in the quarterfinals. Dominic Stricker also picked up another Top 50 win on Tuesday as he defeated Lorenzo Sonego in straight sets. The Swiss player has been in impressive form this week, having also beaten Marin Cilic in the first round. Stricker won the first set against Sonego in a tie-break, and he then broke the Italian's serve twice in the second set to take a 6-7(5), 6-1 victory. Stricker will face either Tsitsipas or Humbert in the quarterfinals. The Swiss Indoors Basel is an ATP 500 tournament and is one of the last warm-up events before the ATP Finals.