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BASEL, Switzerland — Ben Shelton has beaten his doubles partner Arthur Fils at the Swiss Indoors in Basel and will face another Frenchman, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, in the final. No. 6-seeded Shelton defeated No. 7 Fils 6-3, 7-6, recovering from 6-3 down in the tiebreak of their semifinal on Saturday. The unseeded Mpetshi Perricard upset No. 4-seeded Holger Rune 7-6, 6-4 by serving 17 aces. He's yet to lose serve this week. Mpetshi Perricard started the year ranked 200, won a bunch of challenger titles, and won his first ATP-level title in Lyon in May. He beat Shelton in their only previous meeting in June on grass at Queen's Club.
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