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Canadian tennis star Auger-Aliassime into Montpellier quarterfinals

Jan 29, 2025 | 2:14 PM

MONTPELLIER — Montreal’s Félix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the quarterfinals of the Open Occitanie tennis tournament with a 6-4, 7-6 (5) win over France’s Arthur Cazaux on Wednesday.

Auger-Aliassime, seeded second at the ATP 250 indoor hardcourt event, had 11 aces as he won the first set with little trouble before outlasting Cazaux in a second-set tiebreak,

It was Auger-Aliassime’s 50th indoor harcourt win on the ATP Tour since 2022.

Auger-Aliassime improved to 3-0 against Cazaux, with his previous wins coming at last year’s event in Montpellier and in the second round en route to winning the Adelaide International earlier this month.