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

BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Novak Djokovic won’t be matching Roger Federer’s 103 career titles at the Swiss icon’s hometown tournament this week.

Djokovic had a tough loss Thursday at the Swiss Indoors, going down 6-7 (4), 7-5, 7-6 (5) to 47th-ranked Jan-Lennard Struff.

Top-seeded Ben Shelton won't be winning his eighth career title in Basel. He lost to 222nd-ranked Swiss wild card Jerome Kym 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (1) in a shocking night session.

Djokovic lost when his 36-year-old German opponent clinched with his third match point, his 27th ace fired down the middle that the 39-year-old Serb could not reach. Djokovic had saved the second match point with an ace of his own.

The record 24-time Grand Slam singles champion won his 102nd tour event this month in Beijing. Only Jimmy Connors with 109 career titles has more than Federer’s 103.

Djokovic came to Basel for the first time in 15 years and where he won one of his 102 titles, against Federer in the 2009 final. The next year, Federer won their rematch in Basel where he grew up, was once a ballboy and lifted the trophy a record 10 times.

U.S. Open finalist Shelton now has a hat trick of losses this season to opponents with rankings in triple digits.

Kym's 222 rank follows No. 140 Otto Virtanen at Wimbledon and No. 117 Nikoloz Basilashvili in Rome.

Shelton also lost this season to seven more opponents ranked between 87 and 56, while winning four titles on three different surfaces.

The No. 4-ranked American twice salvaged precarious positions Thursday, when two points from defeat serving at 5-6 in the second set and trailing by two breaks at 5-2 down in the decider after midnight.

The 23-year-old Kym, a tall right-hander who typically only plays in main draws in his home country Switzerland, raised his game in the final tiebreaker. He clinched with an impressive backhand passing shot played at full stretch running toward the net.

Kym next faces Jiri Lehecka on Friday after the eighth-seeded Czech won 7-5, 6-4 on Daniel Altmaier.

Earlier, second-seeded Arthur Fils dropped the first set in a tight 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) win over No. 34 Alex Michelsen of the United States.

In the quarterfinals Fils will face another American, sixth-seeded Taylor Fritz, who eased to a 6-4, 6-3 win over Denis Shapovalov.

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Switzerland's Jerome Kym, foreground, plays a shot against the United States' Ben Shelton during their match at the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026. (Georgios Kefalas/Keystone via AP)

Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff celebrates defeating Serbia's Novak Djokovic in the round of sixteen match at the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament in Basel, Switzerland, Thursday Oct. 29, 2026. (Georgios Kefalas/Keystone via AP)

Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff hits a return to Serbia's Novak Djokovic during their match at the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026. (Claudio Thoma/Keystone via AP)

Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts during his match against Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff at the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2029. (Claudio Thoma/Keystone via AP)

USA's Taylor Fritz during the round of sixteen match against Canada's Denis Shapovalov at the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament in Basel, Switzerland, Thursday Oct. 29, 2026. (Georgios Kefalas/Keystone via AP)

Serbia's Novak Djokovic reaches to hit a return to Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff during their match at the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2029. (Claudio Thoma/Keystone via AP)

Serbia's Novak Djokovic reaches to hit a return to Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff during their match at the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2029. (Claudio Thoma/Keystone via AP)

Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff during his round of sixteen match against Serbia's Novak Djokovic at the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament in Basel, Switzerland, Thursday Oct. 29, 2026. (Georgios Kefalas/Keystone via AP)

Serbia's Novak Djokovic during his round of sixteen match against Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff at the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament in Basel, Switzerland, Thursday Oct. 29, 2026. (Georgios Kefalas/Keystone via AP)

DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Red Wings have suspended Dylan Larkin without pay and taken him off the roster after they said his agent told the team the center will no longer play for the franchise, growing frustrated by its inability to move him months after he asked for a trade.

“We are disappointed by his decision, particularly given his obligations to the organization and his teammates,” interim general manager Shawn Horcoff said in a statement Thursday, shortly before Detroit hosted Chicago.

Detroit coach Todd McLellan told reporters earlier in the day that Larkin would not play against the Blackhawks, adding that Horcoff was expected to address the move.

Larkin asked for a trade in the offseason after the franchise extended its postseason drought to a decade, but he started the season still on the team but stripped of the captaincy.

We’ve talked to the teams on Dylan’s list and we’ve taken calls from other teams around the league that have expressed interest in Dylan. We just continue to try to find a solution that fits for both sides.

Messages seeking comment were left with Larkin's agent, Pat Brisson.

Larkin is the second NHL player suspended without pay this fall after requesting a trade during the offseason. Winnipeg did that with goaltender Connor Hellebuyck — a U.S. Olympic teammate of Larkin's — before sending him to New Jersey last week.

Now it's Larkin, who will forfeit roughly $41,000 a day while suspended.

The 30-year-old center has two goals and six assists in 10 games, giving him 278 goals and 649 points in 818 games since making his debut with his hometown Red Wings during the 2015-16 season. Larkin, who is from Waterford, Michigan, was drafted by Detroit No. 15 overall in 2014 after playing for the Wolverines in college.

He was a key player for the United States when it won Olympic gold last February at the Milan Cortina Games.

After missing two games with an upper-body injury, he scored in his season debut — after being booed when he touched the puck on his first shift — to help Detroit beat Ottawa. He scored again on Monday night in a win at Edmonton.

“I wanted to try to do what I could to keep Dylan here in a Red Wings jersey,” Horcoff said. “Clearly, I was unsuccessful doing that.”

Larkin has a full no-trade clause as part of his eight-year contract, which has five years remaining with an annual salary cap hit of $8.7 million. He initially told the Red Wings he would accept a trade to Florida, Minnesota and Vegas before reportedly adding more possibilities in recent weeks.

Horcoff said his goal is to acquire players that can help right away, adding he's open to deals for prospects and draft picks that give the franchise a fair return for someone of Larkin's caliber.

“With the teams that Dylan has on his list, it’s difficult to get something done in a trade like this,” Horcoff said.

Nearly a month into the season, standout defenseman Simon Edvinsson remains unsigned as a restricted free agent. The 23-year-old Swede had nine goals and 25 points in 72 games last year, his second full season in the NHL. Detroit drafted him No. 6 overall in 2021 and he has 19 career goals and 60 points in 175 games.

The Red Wings want him on the team and have no interest in signing and trading him.

“Nothing’s changed," Horcoff said.

In desperately need of good news two weeks ago, the Red Wings signed two-time All-Star forward Alex DeBrincat to a seven-year contract worth $13 million per season.

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Detroit Red Wings head coach Todd McLellan, standing left, talks with defenseman Justin Faulk, right, during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)

Detroit Red Wings center Dylan Larkin reacts after his attempt was blocked by Seattle Kraken goaltender Philipp Grubauer for a Kraken win during a shootout in an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Edmonton Oilers goaltender Tristan Jarry (35) defends the net against Detroit Red Wings' Dylan Larkin (71) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Edmonton, Alberta, Monday, Oct. 26, 2026. (Codie McLachlan/The Canadian Press via AP)