Félix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the quarter-finals of the Italian Open with a 6-3, 6-2 victory in 1 hour 28 minutes against American Marcos Giron in Rome on Thursday.
The eighth seed hit 11 aces and won 84% of rallies on his first serve.
He recorded 37 wins against only 3 unforced errors.
Auger-Aliassime, 9th in the ATP, will face the winner of the quarter-finals in the match between number 1 Novak Djokovic and Swiss Stan Wawrinka.
For his part, Alexander Zverev reached the quarter-finals thanks to a win over Alex de Minaur.
The number 3 in the world rankings won 6-3 and 7-6 (7/5), in 1 h 50 min, against the Australian, 22nd in the ATP.
This is his 100th victory in a Masters 1000 tournament.
On the contrary, the German won 76% of the rallies on his first serve.
I played better than my previous game, Zverev said. I stayed focused. Alex returned the ball very well, so losing his serve against him could happen. But I really need to be better at my serving throughout the game.
I still got some great wins against Alex, and I’m happy to have won both setsHe added.
Zverev will find Croatian Marin Cilic, 23rd in the world, or Chilean Cristian Garin, 45th in the quarterfinals.
To watch the clash between Denis Shapovalov and Rafael Nadal. This is from 1 pm (EDT), depending on the speed of previous games.
The Spaniard led the series of clashes against the Canadian four wins in one. In their last match, in Melbourne, at the start of 2022, Nadal won hard in five sets 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6 and 6-3.
He said he had to be at his best to defeat an opponent very dangerous.
Tsitsipas straightened up and passed
Stefanos Tsitsipas, 5th in the world, rotated to fix his game before dominating Russian Karen Khachanov (24th) 4-6, 6-0 and 6-3.
In the next round, the 23-year-old Greek will face Jannik Sinner (13th) or Filip Krajinovic (54th).
Finalist of the French Open in 2021, winner of Monte-Carlo (Masters 1000), Tsitsipas has been running well on clay since the start of spring this season.
After his title in Monaco, he reached the quarters in Barcelona (defeated by Carlos Alcaraz), then the semi-finals in Madrid (defeated by Alexander Zverev).
The Greek player can once again hope to reach the semi-finals of the last major preparatory tournament for the French Open in Paris.
Source: Radio-Canada
