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Vacherot to meet Lehecka in the Swiss Indoors tennis final
Vacherot earned his second career title after rallying past Jiri Lehecka 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the final, officials said.
- On Saturday, Valentin Vacherot reached his first final of 2026 by defeating sixth-seeded Taylor Fritz 7-6 , 6-3 at the Swiss Indoors in Basel, Switzerland.
- Vacherot faces eighth-seeded Czech Jiri Lehecka for the title on Sunday after Lehecka defeated Jan-Lennard Struff 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 in the other semifinal.
- Struff had advanced to the semifinals after eliminating veteran Serb Novak Djokovic on Thursday, though his tournament run ended against Lehecka.
- Both finalists have split their previous meetings; Lehecka won their most recent encounter earlier this year at the ATP Japan Open in the semifinals.
- Representing Monaco, Vacherot seeks his second ATP title after winning the Shanghai Masters last year in his only other career final appearance.
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Vacherot is a warrior! Asphyxiated in the first set, he gradually regained control of the game to pick up at 27 years this second victory in two finals on the main circuit, after his surprise victory at the Masters 1000 in Shanghai in 2025. For Lehecka, 24 years old, this defeat is the seventh of his career in a final, the fifth consecutive, for two victories in 2024. To win in Basel, Vacherot beat a spectacular skewer of opponents with, in orde…
·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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Vacherot defeats the Czech Jiri Lehecka in the final with 2:6, 6:3, 6:3. He is the first Monegasse to triumph in Basel.
·Zürich, Switzerland
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