Auger sealed his 15th straight win and Simon’s retirement

Felix Auger-Aliassime22 years old and world number 8, has reached the quarterfinals of Masters 1,000 of Paris-Bercy sealed his 15th straight victory (6-1, 6-3 in 1h.32′) and the withdrawal of Gilles Simonwho said goodbye to professional tennis in front of French fans.

FIFTEEN. Directly. Winning.@felixtennis beat Simon 6-1 6-3 – ending the Frenchman’s 20 year long career 💔#RolexParisMasters pic.twitter.com/XdCUhMBoH8

— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) November 3, 2022

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The Canadian showed one day that he is on the best streak and results of his career. He celebrated his qualification for the Nitto ATP Finals Turin (November 13-20) with an undisputed victory over Simon, 37, who has already done a lot by getting through to the round of 16 after defeating Andy Murray Y Taylor Fritz in previous rounds.

Auger will seek the Parisian semifinals against the American Frances Tiafoe together with Simon, who reached world number 6 in 2009, will start his new life after 20 years as a professional tennis player, 14 ATP titles between 2007 and 2018 and the conquest of Davis cup with the French team in 2017.

His best results in Masters 1,000 tournaments were the finals of Madrid’2008 Y Shanghai’2014, where he lost to Andy Murray and Roger Federer, respectively. His ceiling at the Grand Slam is the quarterfinals, at Australian Open’2009 Y Wimbledon’2015. A contemporary of the ‘Big Three’, he managed to beat Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer at least once.

“Thank you Gilou,” Auger wrote to the television camera before the French Federation’s tribute in honor of Simon, with the presence of other colleagues such as Nicolas Mahut or Lucas Pouille and video messages from Jo-Wilfred Tsonga, Novak Djokovic Y Rafael NadalBesides others.