Auger-Aliassime to face Wolf in Firenze Open final

Posted October 15, 2022 7:00 am

The Associated Press

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) - Top-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada will face J.J. Wolf of the United States in the final of the Firenze Open.

Auger-Aliassime beat home favorite and third-seeded Lorenzo Musetti 6-2, 6-3 at the indoor, hard-court tournament on Saturday.

'œWe started the match really good, at a very high level,'ť Auger-Aliassime said. 'œHe was playing amazing tennis and I thought, '~I'm going to need to play my best tennis in order to win.'

'œThat's what I did tonight, I played very complete tennis.'ť

Earlier, Wolf beat Swedish qualifier Mikael Ymer 6-4, 6-4 to reach his first ATP final.

'œI haven't been in a final before. I'm just going to keep working on the things I've been working on and not worry about the result,'ť Wolf said.

Florence is hosting a tour-level event for the first time since 1994.

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