Arthur Fils and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, two young French players to watch from the Swiss Indoors quarterfinals in Basel on Friday, 25 October 2024

At the quarterfinals of the Swiss Indoors men's tennis tournament in Basel on Friday, 25 October 2024, the best match was a close three-setter: Ben Shelton (22, USA, ATP 23) beat Andrei Rublev (27, Russia, 7), with Rublev converting zero of six break points and Shelton winning two of two. But the two most impressive players were Arthur Fils (20, France, 20), who beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (26, Greece, 11), and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (21, France, 50), who beat Denis Shapovalov (25, Canada, 95). Both these Frenchmen, who faced no break points in their matches, will surely be in the Top Ten soon, and today, Mpetshi Perricard defeated Shelton in the final. (Andrew Shields, #111Words, 27 October 2024)