Canada’s Félix Auger-Aliassime is out of the Halle Open grass tennis event after a 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4) loss to Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz in Friday’s quarterfinals.
Auger-Aliassime, the fourth seed from Montreal, had 21 aces to 6 for Hurkacz and hit 38 winners, 16 greater than his opponent.
However in a match the place each gamers did a wonderful job holding serve — Auger-Aliassime didn’t face break level, and Hurkacz saved the one one he confronted — Hurkacz made probably the most of his alternatives within the set tiebreakers.
Down 2-1 within the first tiebreaker, Hurkacz gained six straight factors to say the set. The fifth seed type Poland didn’t path within the second tiebreaker and compelled 4 errors from Auger-Aliassime.
Hurkacz will subsequent face Australia’s Nick Kyrgios, who beat Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta 6-4, 6-2 within the quarterfinals.
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