ATP Stockholm: Shapovalov offers 100% Canadian duel against Auger Aliassime and will face Paul in the final

Tommy Paul won in Stockholm on Friday against his compatriot Frances Tiafoe, and went to the final of the ATP 250 tournament. The American, 52nd in the world and Andy Murray’s striker in the quarter-finals, won the match in 3 sets ( 5-7, 7-6, 6-4).

The match initially turned in favor of Tiafoe, a surprise runner-up in Vienna in October, who had five break points in the first set, including four saved by Tommy Paul. But the 52nd in the world stuck to the score by winning the second set after a close tie-break, where he achieved his first set point. Relaunched, the native of New Jersey managed to break his opponent in the third set and win the match on his first match point, after a shutout.

In the other semi-final between Canadians Denis Shapovalov, 18th in the world, and Felix Auger-Aliassime, 11th player in the world, it only took two sets in the first to win (6-4, 7-5) in 1 hour and 58 minutes. Shapovalov was able to count on the strength of his service to pass seven aces against only 2 to his opponent and pass 72% of his first balls against only 42% to Auger-Aliasime.