the canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime22 years old and ranked eighth in the world, defeated the American on Friday Frances Tiafoe (21) by 6-1 and 6-4 in 1 hour and 32 minutes and qualified for the semifinals of the 1,000 ATP Masters in Paris-Bercy, where he will face the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, number one in the ATP, or the Danish Holger Rune.
Auger-Aliassime, perhaps the strongest man on the circuit, winner of three hard court tournaments last month, was slow to close out the match (he needed six match points as he gave away five remaining in the penultimate game) against to the executioner of Rafa Nadal in the last US Open, but built his success thanks to an aggressive tennis crowned with 26 wins.
Auger-Aliassime has 16 consecutive wins, which gave him trophies in Florence, Antwerp and Basel, as well as access to the ATP Finals in Turin, the Masters of the best eight.
The American, student of Frederic Fontang and Toni Nadal They had already beaten Alcaraz and Rune last week in Basel, in the semifinals and finals, respectively.
Source: La Verdad
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