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Buse vs Tsitsipas — the changing of the guard continues

Preview · EFG Swiss Open Gstaad · First Round · Clay · 14 July 2026 A month ago in Mallorca, Ignacio Buse beat Stefanos Tsitsipas on grass. Now the two meet again, this time on the clay where the Greek built his reputation, and the rankings tell their own story: Buse arrives seeded fifth

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Muller vs Shevchenko — can the Frenchman finally stop the bleeding

Preview · EFG Swiss Open Gstaad · First Round · Clay · 14 July 2026 Alexandre Muller opens his Gstaad campaign in freefall, having lost eight matches in a row, most recently a first-round exit at Wimbledon to Tommy Paul. Standing in his way is Alexander Shevchenko, a player he has beaten twice

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Halys vs Cinà — the big serve against the teenage prodigy

Preview · EFG Swiss Open Gstaad · First Round · Clay · 14 July 2026 Gstaad's opening Tuesday throws together experience and precocious talent. Quentin Halys, the Frenchman who reached the final here two seasons ago, takes on Federico Cinà, the 18-year-old Italian who has been the form story of

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Kym vs Dietrich — an all-Swiss opener on home clay

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Martinez vs Hanfmann — history favours the German

Preview · EFG Swiss Open Gstaad · First Round · Clay · 14 July 2026 Pedro Martinez arrives in Gstaad well below the ranking he held less than a year ago, having slipped from a career-high of 42 in late 2024 down to the 130s after a rough recent stretch that has seen

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Cerundolo vs Kolar — unfinished business on Gstaad clay

Preview · EFG Swiss Open Gstaad · First Round · Clay · 14 July 2026 Juan Manuel Cerundolo returns to the scene of his best result of last season, having reached the final in Gstaad in 2025 before losing to defending champion Alexander Bublik. The Argentine, now ranked 45, arrives having lost his Wimbledon

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Baez vs Dahlin — the seed against the wildcard debutant

Preview · Nordea Open (Båstad) · First Round · Clay · 14 July 2026 Sebastian Baez heads into Båstad as one of the players to beat on this surface, ranked 56 with a 23-16 season record and a 13-11 mark specifically on clay, though he arrives off the back of a gruelling

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Borges vs Kouame — the champion against the teenage sensation

Preview · Nordea Open (Båstad) · First Round · Clay · 14 July 2026 Nuno Borges returns to the scene of one of his best career moments, having lifted the title in Båstad back in 2024, but he does so in the middle of a difficult 2026 that has left him at 16-19

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Altmaier vs Gaston — a rubber match on familiar terrain

Preview · Nordea Open (Båstad) · First Round · Clay · 14 July 2026 Daniel Altmaier and Hugo Gaston have already split two meetings, both on clay, and this Båstad first round settles the rubber match between two players whose games are built for exactly this kind of surface. Altmaier, ranked 60, arrives with

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Travaglia vs Krumich — a long-awaited return meets a fresh face

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Choinski vs Basilashvili — the in-form Challenger champion against a fading former top-20 player

Preview · Nordea Open (Båstad) · Round of 32 (1st round) · Clay · 14 July 2026 Jan Choinski arrives in Båstad off the back of the best stretch of his career, freshly into the world's top 100 after collecting Challenger titles this season, while Nikoloz Basilashvili continues to search for the

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Van de Zandschulp vs Daniel — the seed against a qualifier seeking his first main-draw win

Preview · Nordea Open (Båstad) · Round of 32 (1st round) · Clay · 14 July 2026 Botic van de Zandschulp begins his Båstad campaign as one of the more established names in this section of the draw, facing Taro Daniel, who has come through qualifying and is still searching for his first main-