After dropping a round the day before, Félix Auger-Aliassime did things properly on Friday at the ATP tournament in Florence, defeating American Brandon Nakashima 6-3, 6-4.
The Quebec tennis player thus qualified for the semi-finals. For a place in the final, he will have to defeat the local favorite, the Italian Lorenzo Musetti.
In the other portion of the table, Sweden’s Mikael Ymer will face American JJ Wolf in the semi-finals.
Auger-Aliassime, who finished the job after 1 hour 28 minutes of play, is the 1st seed of this caliber 250 tournament, while Nakashima was the 8th seed.
This is the 5th time this year that the world No. 13 has reached the semi-finals. He is 2-2 so far.
“I am very satisfied with my level. It was two good sets of tennis. I served well, but it could have been better on 2nd ball; he won a lot of points. I had to stay focused until the very end,” said Auger-Aliassime in a post-match interview.
“There is still a lot of work to do in the race towards Turin,” he added. The Race is very tight, I will have to do my best, starting tomorrow against a local player in Lorenzo. It won’t be easy to win this match, but I believe that with my current game, I have a good chance of qualifying. »
Before a potential participation in the ATP Finals (November 13-20), “FAA” must theoretically play three other tournaments.
He will first head to Antwerp, Belgium, next week.
He will then travel to Basel, Switzerland, for an ATP 500 caliber tournament that newly retired Roger Federer has won ten times.
Then, from October 31, the Quebecer will be in Paris for the last Masters 1000 of the 2022 calendar.
