The PIF Live Race to Turin continued to heat up across Europe as a trio of players on the bubble of qualifying made winning starts at the Swiss Indoors Basel and at Vienna’s Erste Bank Open.
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Ranked No. 11 in the Live Race standings, Casper Ruud was first out of the gate, backing up his BNP Paribas Nordic Open victory in Stockholm with a decisive 6-1, 7-6 (3) win over Quentin Halys. Felix Auger-Aliassime, ranked No. 9, followed Ruud in Basel, the Brussels champion saving two set points to ultimately defeat countryman Gabriel Diallo, 6-2, 7-5.
Down at No. 13 Daniil Medvedev continued his late surge towards a potential Turin berth by winning a fifth match in a row. Fresh off his Almaty Open title, the former world No. 1 shook off a second-set hiccup to defeat Nuno Borges, 6-4, 6-7 (7), 6-2.
Despite both ranking outside the Top 10, Ruud and Medvedev saw their hopes of making it to the Nitto ATP Finals boosted after injuries ruled out both Jack Draper and Holger Rune, who are ranked No. 10 and No. 12, respectively. No. 3 Novak Djokovic became the latest to qualify for Turin but has not confirmed his plans to compete at the year-end championships alongside fellow qualifiers Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner.
