Quebec's Felix Auger-Aliassime will be in the semifinals at the Libema Open tennis tournament in the Netherlands.
Auger-Aliassime, the second seed, won 7-6(5), 6-4 over No. 5 Karen Khachanov in a match that took 1 hour and 46 minutes to complete.
Though inconsistent on his serves -- 59 per cent efficiency on his first service point and four double faults -- the Quebecer managed to break Khachanov in the eighth game of the second set.
In the semifinals, he will face Dutchman Tim Van Rijthoven, who defeated Frenchman Hugo Gaston 7-6 (2), 6-4.
In another match, Frenchman Adrian Mannarino defeated American Brandon Nakashima 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4. He will face the winner of the duel between Daniil Medvedev and Ilya Ivashka
-- This report by The Canadian Press was first published in French on June 10, 2022.
