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Holger Rune earns first ATP win since Achilles injury in Basel
Holger Rune beat Quentin Halys in the first round of the Swiss Indoors Basel in Switzerland on Monday.
The Danish former world No.
4 had been away from the tour for 11 months with an Achilles injury suffered in October 2025.
He won 6-4, 6-7(2), 7-6(5), earning his first ATP Tour victory in 373 days.
Halys hit 32 aces, but Rune held on to win the deciding tiebreak after the Frenchman fought back from 5-1 to level it at 5-5.
Rune will next play Hubert Hurkacz or Zizou Bergs for a place in the quarterfinals.
He is also scheduled to face Alexander Bublik at UTS Gothenburg in December.
Holger Rune defeated Quentin Halys in the first round of the Swiss Indoors Basel to record his first ATP Tour win since an Achilles injury.
The Dane won 6-4, 6-7(2), 7-6(5) in a match featuring two tiebreaks.
Rune returned to the tour after an 11-month layoff and was competing in his fourth tour-level event since his return.
He will next face Hubert Hurkacz or Zizou Bergs.
- Who
- Holger Rune defeated Quentin Halys.
- What
- Rune won their first-round match at the Swiss Indoors Basel and recorded his first ATP Tour victory since his injury.
- When
- October 26, 2026.
- Where
- Swiss Indoors Basel, Basel.
- Why
- Rune was competing in his comeback from an Achilles injury that kept him off the tour for 11 months.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Rune suffered an Achilles injury in Stockholm after his previous ATP Tour win.
Rune defeated Halys in the first round in Basel, earning his first ATP Tour win since the injury.
- Match score
- 6-4, 6-7(2), 7-6(5)
- Opponent
- Quentin Halys
- Injury layoff
- 11 months
- Next round
- Hubert Hurkacz or Zizou Bergs