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Djokovic loses at Federer's hometown Basel event, stays 1 back of Swiss icon's career title total

Novak Djokovic failed to move closer to Roger Federer's career title record after a narrow defeat to Jan-Lennard Struff in the Swiss Indoors second round. The Serbian star, who recently claimed his 102nd trophy in Beijing, fell in three sets to the German challenger.

Meanwhile, top seed Ben Shelton suffered a surprise exit at the hands of local wild card entry Jerome Kym, marking another loss for the American against a triple-digit ranked opponent. In other tournament action, Arthur Fils secured a comeback victory against Alex Michelsen, setting up a quarterfinal clash with Taylor Fritz, who defeated Denis Shapovalov in straight sets.

Jiri Lehecka also progressed to the next round by overcoming Daniel Altmaier.

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