Hubert Hurkacz beat Ugo Humbert within the Swiss Indoors semifinals on Saturday to inch nearer to a spot within the season-ending ATP Finals.
Hurkacz overcame dogged resistance to beat the Frenchman 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7/5).
The Pole gained floor on the person who holds the eighth and closing place for Turin, as Danish prime seed Holger Rune misplaced to Canadian Felix Augier-Aliassime 6-3, 6-2.
The highest eight gamers this yr will qualify for the season-ending occasion in November.
Forward of Sunday’s closing, Rune leads Hurkacz by 215 factors. But when the Pole wins, he’ll trim the hole to simply 15 factors forward of the Paris Masters.
Hurkacz mentioned he would concentrate on beating Augier-Aliassime.
“I attempt to shut down the noise and do my job, as a result of finally if you are able to do that then you definately give your self the very best probability,” Hurkacz mentioned.
Hurkacz gained the one break to win the primary set. Humbert managed the lone break within the second set.
Within the third, Hurkacz broke within the eighth recreation however Humbert hit straight again.
The Frenchman survived two match factors in his subsequent service recreation however Hurkacz took his first probability within the tie-break to win in two hours and 38 minutes.
Auger-Aliassime reached his first closing since he received the identical occasion final yr, when he beat Rune within the closing.
It was additionally the Canadian’s first victory over a top-10 participant this season. He arrived in Basel struggling, having received simply 4 of his previous 12 matches.