Canada’s Auger-Aliassime continues title defense with another win

Third-seed Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime fired past French qualifier Gregoire Barrere 6:4, 6:3 to reach the quarter-finals at the 2023 Rotterdam Open.

12 victoires, 2 défaites à Rotterdam depuis 2020 ! Costaud. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/4xEwDf1XZJ

— Auger-Aliassime Actus (@AliassimeActus) February 16, 2023

Auger-Aliassime. who started his title defense with an impressive win over Lorenzo Sonego in the first round, produced another dominant display against Barrere, who stunned David Goffin on Monday, and completed the win in 1 hour and 24 minutes.

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The Canadian showed his impressive serving in the first set, but he couldn’t avoid being broken, despite hitting six aces.

Since he broke his opponent two times, however, it was enough for him to win the first set 6-4 in 38 minutes and continue his streak of won sets in the Rotterdam Ahoy Arena.

In the second set, it was Barrere who had a first break point of the set. But Auger-Aliassime didn’t allow to be broken this time and the scoreboard soon showed 3-3 in the second set as both players held their serves.

The likes of Stefanos Tsitsipas, Holger Rune, and Daniil Medvedev are still in play at the 2023 Rotterdam Open, and it can be the former world no. 1 from Russia, who Auger-Aliassime can face in the next round.