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Wildcard Jérôme Kym Upsets Arthur Rinderknech at Swiss Indoors
At the Swiss Indoors in Basel, Swiss player Jérôme Kym beat Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech 7-6, 6-4.
Kym, ranked 222nd in the world, was playing with a wildcard from tournament organizers.
Rinderknech was returning after a muscle tear forced him to miss tournaments in Asia.
He had chances to break Kym's serve, but lost the first-set tie-break 7-1 and could not recover.
The win sends Kym through to face Ben Shelton or Aleksandar Kovacevic.
Rinderknech, now ranked 61st, is due to play the Paris Masters the following week.
Swiss wildcard Jérôme Kym beat Arthur Rinderknech 7-6, 6-4 at the ATP 500 in Basel.
Kym, ranked 222nd in the world, received a wildcard from the tournament organizers.
Rinderknech had returned to action after a muscle tear forced him to withdraw from the Asian swing.
Kym will face either Ben Shelton or Aleksandar Kovacevic next.
Rinderknech, ranked 61st, is due to play the Paris Masters the following week.
- Who
- Swiss wildcard Jérôme Kym beat Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech.
- What
- Kym won their match 7-6, 6-4.
- When
- 2026-10-27.
- Where
- The ATP 500 tournament in Basel, Switzerland.
- Why
- Not stated
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Rinderknech withdrew from the Asian swing.
Rinderknech returned to action in Basel and lost to Kym 7-6, 6-4.
Kym won the tie-break seven points to one.
Kym broke Rinderknech and went on to win the set.
Rinderknech is due to play the Paris Masters.
- Match score
- Kym won 7-6, 6-4
- Kym's world ranking
- 222nd
- Rinderknech's world ranking
- 61st
- Tournament
- ATP 500 in Basel
- Next opponent
- Ben Shelton or Aleksandar Kovacevic
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Winning on home soil 🇨🇭 World No. 222 Jerome Kym defeats Rinderknech 7-6 6-4 to claim his first ever win in Basel #SwissIndoorsBasel