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Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime sails into Swiss Indoors quarters with dominant win

Oct 27, 2022 | 11:11 AM

BASEL, Switzerland — Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime is on to the quarterfinals of the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament.

The third-seeded Montreal native dispatched Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic 6-1, 6-0 at the hardcourt event.

Auger-Aliassime improved to 2-2 over the course of his career against the world No. 28 Kecmanovic.

The Canadian will face Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik in the quarters on Friday.

Auger-Aliassime’s serve was dominant on Thursday, earning him 10 aces to Kecmanovic’s none.

He also won 92 per cent of his first serves and had a 60 per cent success rate on his second serves. 

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 27, 2022.

The Canadian Press

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