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Montreal's Auger-Aliassime drives out Domino and advances in Cincinnati

Auger-Aliassime made De Minaaux 3-1 with 9 aces, saving 4 of 6 break points and 3 of 4. Saved breakpoints times.

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Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime walks off the court after losing to Casper Ruud of Norway for his win in quarterfinal play at the National Bank Open tennis tournament, Friday, August 12, 2022 in Montreal.
Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime left the court after losing to Norway's Casper Ruud in the quarterfinals of the National Bank Open Tennis Tournament. , Friday, August 12, 2022, Montreal. Photo Credits: Paul Chiasson /The Canadian Press

Cincinnati — Montreal's Félix Auger-Aliassime finishes third Western & beat Australia's Alex De Minaur 6-3 6-2 on Wednesday in a round of the Southern Open Masters level tennis tournament.

Cincinnati's No. 7 seed Auger-Aliassime overcame 17 unforced his errors and he served 71% of his points in a game that took an hour. and he scored a 48% return on his points. Minutes to complete.

It was his first encounter on the ATP Tour with Auger-Aliassime and his world-ranked 20th Minnow. They shared his two bouts at challenger level, with Auger-Aliassime winning the quarter-finals of the tournament in Drummondville in 2017 and De Minaur winning the quarter-finals in Braga, Portugal the following year. .

Auger-Aliassime said he served nine aces in Wednesday's game, with De Minaur making his three. He also saved 4 of his 6 break points and 3 of 4 break points.

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World Rankings No. 9 Auger-Aliassime lost 6-1, 6-2 to Caspar Ruud in the quarter-finals of the National Bank Open in Montreal last week.

"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.

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