Czech tennis player Jiri Lehecka reaches Basel final after ending Wawrinka's career
The gist
Eighth seed Jiri Lehecka beat Jan-Lennard Struff 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 to reach the Swiss Indoors final in Basel.
A title would boost the Czech No. 21's Turin push before Paris.
How it unfolded
- Oct 28, 2026Lehecka beat Stan Wawrinka 7-5, 7-6(2) at the Swiss Indoors, ending the 41-year-old Swiss player's 24-year professional career in his announced final tournament.
- Oct 31, 2026Lehecka beat Swiss wild card Jerome Kym 6-4, 6-2 in one hour, 24 minutes to reach his fourth ATP Tour semi-final of the season.
- Oct 31, 2026Lehecka beat Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 in the Basel semi-final; Struff had earlier eliminated Novak Djokovic from the tournament.