Felix Auger-Aliassime overcame his one-set deficit to win 4-6 7-6 (4) 6-2 over Britain’s Daniel Evans on Friday at the ATP 250 Championships in Antwerp.
The FAA was broken in his second game of serve and was unable to make up for the loss in the first set, but then recovered well to claim his sixth straight win.
“I think we did high-quality tennis. He played better in the first set. Then I found my serving directions in the second set and I finished strong. He did really well, but I kept believing in myself and had the chance to break him twice in the third.”
This was the third duel between the two men and Quebec was able to take revenge after dominating 6-4, 6-1, 6-1 at the Australian Open at the start of the year.
Auger-Aliassime had an advantage of 2-1 on the break, 9-2 on aces and 40-22 in winning the match. The 22-year-old has been very strong in the net, with an 81% success rate.
The FAA will now face Richard Gasquet, who qualified for the semi-finals by defeating Belgium’s David Goffin in straight sets 6-2, 7-6 (6). They never crossed swords. =
This is the first time Gasquet, ranked 82nd in the world, has reached the final four matches of the tournament on the main circuit since the Geneva Championships last May. He was severely beaten by Joao Sousa in straight sets 6-2 and 6-2.
On Friday, facing an opponent he had defeated only once in his previous four encounters, Gasquet took the reins by snatching the serve of the former world number 7, now ranked 58, in the fourth game of the first set and on his fourth break point. .
The veteran Frenchman, who spent three match points when he entered the tournament against Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka, broke his opponent for the second time with a 5-2 score and took the lead after 36 minutes of play.
The second group was more controversial. Goffin had a total of six break points and a set point in the tiebreak, but was unable to convert it. Gasquet took advantage of his first match point to get past the hurdle in an hour and 53 minutes of play.
The other semi-final match will see American Sebastian Korda face Austrian Dominic Thiem, who confirmed his gradual return to the top spot by eliminating Paul Hubert Hurkacz, ranked No. 1 in the tournament and the eleventh player in the world.
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