Auger-Aliassime begins Swiss Indoors title defence with win over Baez
BASEL — Two-time defending champion Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the second round of the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Argentina’s Sebastian Baez on Wednesday.
Auger-Aliassime took a tightly contested first set with a break in the 12th game when Baez hit Auger-Aliassime’s service return long.
The 24-year-old from Montreal then dominated the second set, breaking Baez early to take a 2-0 lead and again in the sixth game to serve for the match.
He finished Baez off with his eighth ace of the match.