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The Canadian Press
Cincinnati's No. 7 seed, Auger-Aliassime, overcame 17 unforced his errors to serve 71% of his points and he finished 48 in a match that took 1 hour and 18 minutes. % return earned his points.
Auger-Aliassime and his world-ranked 20th De He was his first matchup on the ATP Tour against Minnow. They split his two bouts at challenger level, with Auger-Aliassime winning his 2017 quarter-finals of the tournament in Drummondville, Quebec, and the following year in the quarter-finals in Braga, Portugal. Do he minnow won.
Auger-Aliassime said he had nine aces in Wednesday's game, with De Minaur hitting three of his own, making him one of six break points. made four saves and saved break points 3 of 4 times.
World No. 9 Auger-Aliassime said his bank in the quarterfinals of his Open National in Montreal last week after he lost 6-1 6-2 to Casper his Ruud. , rebounded.
"I never thought it would end like it did today," he said after the game.
Auger-Aliassime next faces the winner of 10th seed Janik Sina (Italy) and Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia.
Richmond, Ontario His Hill's Dennis Shapovalov was scheduled to face American Tommy Paul late Tuesday. Paul has won both of his past matches against Shapovalov, including his 2021 tournament final in Stockholm.
This Canadian Press report was first published on August 17, 2022.
