Federer, Nadal advance in Basel, Murray cruises in Valencia

Results have been mixed for the host nation at the Swiss Indoors Basel, with only Roger Federer still alive. Marco Chiudinelli lost a tough three-setter to Ivan Dodig on Tuesday and No. 3 seed Stan Wawrinka was upset by Mikhail Kukushkin 6-4, 6-7(1), 6-3. Federer, on the other hand, had no trouble disposing of Gilles Muller 6-2, 6-1 in a mere 47 minutes on Wednesday evening.

“I am very happy with how the first round went here,” the five-time champion assured. “It was totally different to Shanghai, when I saved five match points. This time around, I was really in control from the get-go. I hope I can keep this level up.”