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\n Fritz to face Shanghai champ Vacherot in Basel draw blockbuster<\/p>\n
Turin-chasing Auger-Aliassime plays Diallo in all-Canadian battle<\/p>\n
October 18, 2025<\/p>\n
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Taylor Fritz and Shanghai champion Valentin Vacherot will meet for the first time in their Lexus ATP Head2Head series.
\n By ATP Staff<\/p>\n
Valentin Vacherot<\/a> arrives at the Swiss Indoors Basel<\/a> as a newly crowned ATP Masters 1000 Champion. Yet the breakout Rolex Shanghai Masters<\/a> winner will have to be at his best from the start if he is to make an impact on debut at the indoor hard-court ATP 500. <\/p>\n Wild card Vacherot has been drawn against top seed Taylor Fritz<\/a> in a blockbuster first-round clash in Switzerland. The Monegasque, flying high at a career-high No. 40 in the PIF ATP Rankings following his fairytale Shanghai run, will be playing just his seventh main draw at an ATP Tour event. <\/p>\n It could be a significant week in Basel for Fritz, who is fifth in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin and well placed to secure a spot at the Nitto ATP Finals<\/a>. The American is seeded to face sixth seed Jiri Lehecka<\/a> in the quarter-finals and fourth seed Casper Ruud<\/a> in the semi-finals. <\/p>\n Ruud, who is 11th in the Live Race and himself retains hopes of reaching Turin, begins his Basel title bid against a qualifier or lucky loser, while wild card Stan Wawrinka<\/a> is a potential second-round opponent for the Norwegian. The former World No. 3 and home favourite Wawrinka first plays Miomir Kecmanovic<\/a>, whom he leads 1-0 in the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Head series. <\/p>\n In the bottom half of the draw, Fritz\u2019s fellow Turin hopeful Ben Shelton<\/a> will open against a qualifier. The second-seeded American, who is 37-19 in 2025 according to the Infosys ATP Win\/Loss Index, reached the Basel championship match in 2024 before falling Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard<\/a>. Shelton is sixth in the Live Race, and will hope to rediscover his best form after suffering a shoulder injury at the US Open<\/a> in late August. <\/p>\n Exploring the street art of Basel with Ben Ten \ud83c\udfa8#benshelton<\/a> | #SwissIndoorsBasel<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/nLzDah5erc<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 ATP Tour (@atptour) October 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Shelton could play fellow Turin contender Felix Auger-Aliassime<\/a>, who is 10th in the Live Race, in the quarter-finals. The Canadian will hope that returning to a venue where he clinched back-to-back titles in 2022 and 2023 can inspire him once again The fifth-seeded Auger-Aliassime opens against his countryman Gabriel Diallo<\/a>. <\/p>\n The big-serving Frenchman Mpetshi Perricard will take on #NextGenATP star Joao Fonseca<\/a> in an intriguing first-round encounter that sits in the same quarter of the draw as seventh seed Jakub Mensik<\/a>, who plays fellow #NextGenATP star Henry Bernet<\/a>. <\/p>\n Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to reflect the withdrawal of Holger Rune<\/a> from the Swiss Indoors Basel<\/a>. <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n