Djokovic loses at Federer's hometown Basel event, stays 1 back of Swiss icon's career title total
Djokovic missed a chance to reach 103 career titles after Struff won the final tiebreak with his third match point, officials said.
- On Thursday Oct 29, 2026, Jan-Lennard Struff defeated Novak Djokovic at the Swiss Indoors in Basel, Switzerland, ending the Serbian star's tournament run with a 6-7 , 7-5, 7-6 victory.
- Djokovic returned to Basel for the first time in 15 years aiming to match Roger Federer's 103 career titles after claiming his 102nd tour event in Beijing this month.
- The 36-year German clinched the match with an ace down the middle that Djokovic could not reach on his third match point, while Djokovic had saved the second point with an ace of his own.
- Arthur Fils defeated American Alex Michelsen 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 , while Taylor Fritz eased to a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Denis Shapovalov to reach the quarterfinals.
- Fritz will face Fils in the quarterfinals, while Jiri Lehecka advanced after beating Daniel Altmaier 7-5, 6-4 and will play the winner of the Ben Shelton versus Jerome Kym match.
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Djokovic loses at Federer's hometown Basel event, stays 1 back of Swiss icon's career title total
Novak Djokovic won’t be matching Roger Federer’s 103 career titles at the Swiss icon’s hometown tournament this week. Djokovic had a tough loss Thursday at the Swiss Indoors going down 6-7 (4), 7-5, 7-6 (5) to 47th-ranked Jan-Lennard Struff. The…
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