Ben Shelton reached the quarterfinals when he beat home favourite Stan Wawrinka 7-6 (2), 7-5 in the Swiss Indoors tournament. The 22-year-old Shelton will face top-seeded Andrey Rublev for a spot in the final four.
Holger Rune, seeded fourth, also advanced. He defeated Swiss player Dominic Stricker 6-3, 7-6 (2) and gets David Goffin next.
Felix Auger-Aliassime’s bid for a third consecutive Swiss Indoors title ended on Thursday when he lost to big-serving Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-1, 7-6 (6).
Mpetshi Perricard fired 22 aces past Auger-Aliassime and will face another Canadian, Denis Shapovalov, in the quarterfinals.
Third-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Botic van de Zandschulp 7-6 (3), 7-5 and will face Arthur Fils in the quarterfinals.
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