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 run of the star from Serbia at the tournament.
- 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, securing the victory 6-7 , 7-5, 7-6 .
- 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 Ben Shelton versus Jerome Kym.
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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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