Auger-Aliassime in Stuttgart semifinals, Shapovalov out

Posted June 11, 2021 7:00 am

The Associated Press

Sam Querrey of the United Stares return the ball during his match against Dominic Stricker from Switzerland at the ATP tennis tournament in Stuttgart, Germany, Friday, June 11, 2021 . (Marijan Murat/dpa via AP) The Associated Press

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) - One up-and-coming Canadian tennis player edged into the semifinals of the Stuttgart Open on Friday but another fell short.

Felix Auger-Aliassime needed two tiebreaks to beat Ugo Humbert of France 7-6 (5), 7-6 (8).

Canada's Auger-Aliassime failed to convert three match points in the second-set tiebreak and had to save set point twice before winning three straight points to seal the quarterfinal.

That set up a semifinal for Auger-Aliassime against Sam Querrey of the United States, who recovered from a set down to beat fast-climbing Swiss 18-year-old Dominic Stricker, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-3.

Top-ranked Canadian Denis Shapovalov lost another close match 7-5, 7-6 (3) against veteran former U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic. It was always likely to be a tough match for Shapovalov because he was playing for the second time on Friday after ousting Feliciano Lopez 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-3 in the finish of a second-round match delayed from Thursday because of rain.

Cilic's semifinal opponent is Austrian Jurij Rodionov, who upset fourth-seeded Australian Alex de Minaur 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4).

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Dominic Stricker from Switzerland return the ball during his match against Sam Querrey of the United States at the ATP tennis tournament in Stuttgart, Germany, Friday, June 11, 2021. (Marijan Murat/dpa via AP) The Associated Press

Dominic Stricker from Switzerland reacts during his match against Sam Querrey of the United States at the ATP tennis tournament in Stuttgart, Germany, Friday, June 11, 2021. (Marijan Murat/dpa via AP) The Associated Press

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