The race to the ATP Finals in Turin is going right down to the wire for the last few spots. Apart from the top three leaders, Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, and Novak Djokovic, everyone else is still fighting to secure their spots in the 8-man final. Among them are also two American stars, Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton. However, Fritz (in fifth) and Shelton (in sixth)’s bid to qualify for Turin has just hit a snag.

With not a whole lot separating the players in the bottom half of the top 8 in the Race to Turin rankings, every result and every tournament counts. For Fritz and Shelton, deep runs in Basel were crucial to consolidate their positions, but the two top seeds unexpectedly wound up losing their respective Round of 16 matches.

First it was Fritz who lost to France’s Ugo Humbert

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