Canadians appear to be taking a liking to grass courts.
Felix Auger-Aliassime rolled into the semifinals on the Boss Open in Germany on Friday, hours earlier than Gabriel Diallo did the identical on the Libema Open within the Netherlands.
Auger-Aliassime beat Germany’s Justin Engel 7-6 (3), 6-3, firing 18 aces to Engel’s seven whereas double-faulting simply twice en path to victory. He additionally transformed two of six break-point alternatives whereas being damaged as soon as.
The 24-year-old Montreal native will subsequent face No. 2 American Taylor Fritz, who beat Hungarian qualifier Marton Fucsovics 6-3, 6-4.
Auger-Aliassime’s run on the Stuttgart event marks a powerful begin to the grass-court season after he picked up wins in simply certainly one of six clay-court occasions, together with a first-round loss on the French Open.
Diallo, in the meantime, took out No. 3 seed Karen Khachanov 7-6 (6), 6-4 and can face France’s Ugo Humbert in his semis.
Montreal’s Diallo used 19 aces to safe the upset, breaking Khachanov twice whereas bing damaged solely as soon as himself.
He misplaced within the second spherical of the French Open in Might.
Wimbledon, the following main of the season, begins June 30.
Additionally Friday, Canadian Bianca Andreescu was taking part in her personal quarterfinal match on the Libema Open.
