The Basel ATP 500 was drawn with two South Americans and luxury clashes in the first round

The ATP 500 tournament in Basel will be held from October 20 to 26 at the St. Jakobshalle and already has a draw.

The event brings together a good part of the world’s tennis elite, at a key moment of the season when many players fight to climb positions in the rankings or strengthen their presence in the Circuit Finals.

one of them is Taylor Fritz, fifth in the Race and top favorite, who will be seen with the revelation of the moment. He will have none other than Valentin Vacherot in front of him.Shanghai champion.

The Monegasque, who until recently was not part of the Top 200 of the ATP world rankings, was invited to compete in one of the last ATP 500 of the season.

In this way, he will play in the main draw of an ATP tournament for the seventh time in his career. Taking Shanghai out of the count, only registers one win at this level. His victim was Jan-Lennard Struff in Monte-Carlo 2025, and then he failed against Grigor Dimitrov.

They will experience another kujo clash Sebastián Báez and Denis Shapovalov, no less. And the other South American on the field will be Fonseca who will clash with Giovanni Mpetshi.

The prize to be distributed is 2,523,405 euros. The great Roger Federer is the most successful tennis player in the history of the tournament, winning a total of 10 editions in his hometown.