Auger-Aliassime

BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Felix Auger-Aliassime won his third straight title in October, beating Holger Rune 6-3, 7-5 in the Swiss Indoors final on Sunday.

Federer announced his retirement last month at age 41 because of persistent knee injuries. 8 birthday with Swiss great Roger Federer who had intended to return to tournament play at his hometown event. He extended his winning streak to 13 matches.

The victory pushes the 22-year-old's win streak to 13 consecutive matches and moves him to the verge of qualification for the end-of-year ATP Finals in Turin, ...

I’m very far from that, but it’s so cool to have my name with all these great champions at this prestigious tournament.” Auger-Aliassime tallied 57 aces across five match wins in Switzerland. Roger Federer, whom Auger-Aliassime shares a birthday with and has referred to as an idol, won the Swiss Indoors event a record 10 times in his career. Now with his latest title in Basel, Auger-Aliassime’s name is etched next to that of a familiar face who dominated the tournament for years. In the semifinals in Basel, Auger-Aliassime thoroughly outplayed Carlos Alcaraz 6-3, 6-2, notching his second victory over the world number one in a month and a half. Auger-Aliassime celebrated his victory in style, collapsing to the ground in delight.

Team Canada, The 22-year-old Canadian is crowned champion at the Swiss Indoors after defeating Holger Rune of Denmark in Sunday's final.

Recently he won the Firenze Open and European Open in back-to-back weeks. In the final of the ATP 500 event, hestarted strong but couldn’t hold off Daniil Medvedev. 1 Carlos Alcaraz in the semifinals to secure his 12th consecutive win and reach his third straight final. Alcaraz was no match for Auger-Aliassime, who cruised to his third straight win over the Spaniard in two sets of 6-3, 6-2. The Canadian’s serve was untouchable all week and that continued in the final. 6 in the race to Turin.

Auger-Aliassime was ticking off his own superlatives after winning the Swiss Indoors championship – his third ATP final in three weeks.

If he intends on being part of the most elite tier of men’s tennis, he should do that now. If Auger-Aliassime had won three in a row during the lead-in to a Grand Slam, the tennis world would be frothing. Who wants to be part of the present? What you wanted people to say about you was that you were the future. Two months is a very long time to stay excited about tennis when there is no tennis. Everyone is being asked to show bona fides, not a whole bunch of promise. Men’s tennis is no longer a place where people get superexcited about players who consistently make the quarter-finals. Though they are all in their mid-20s, those players now seem ancient when contrasted to the vibrancy of Alcaraz’s youth. Near the top is finding a foil. The challenge is matching the Spaniard’s max RPMs level for two to five hours. Alcaraz, 19, is the new breed of all-rounder – all of Roger Federer’s shots, hooked up to a limitless energy supply. He doesn’t seem as beaten up as some others by the rump triumvirate that still holds sway in men’s tennis.

Also, Felix Auger-Aliassime returns to his career-high of No. 8 after winning his third title in as many weeks.

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Two singles spots remain at the Nitto ATP Finals, with a four-way battle at this week's Rolex Paris Masters deciding which of Felix Auger-Aliassime, ...

That would eliminate the two-time qualifier Rublev from contention if Hurkacz continued on to take the title. Fritz and Hurkacz need to make at least the final to have a chance to earn their spot in Turin. It is a more complicated situation for Rublev, since he is in the final qualifying spot. He has 3,635 points in the Live Race, putting him 725 points clear of eighth-placed Fritz. Auger-Aliassime and Rublev are in pole position to qualify for the season finale, which will take place from 13-20 November. 6)

Medvedev's and Auger-Aliassime's 2022 seasons have run on parallel tracks—up, down, and now up again. On their victories in Vienna and Basel, ...

Maybe we’ll see them blend their disparate styles in a top-tier rivalry, after all. I am looking forward to the last two tournaments of the year which are really important and I usually play well.” To start, they’ll head to Paris for the Rolex Masters this week. “He dropped his level by maybe two percent and I was able to use it.” After losing to Stan Wawrinka in the first round in Metz, he split a pair of brilliant sets with Djokovic in Astana before suddenly pulling the plug and retiring with an adductor strain. “It’s been an amazing week,” Auger-Aliassime said. All of which has him on the verge of making his trip to the ATP Finals, in Turin. Auger-Aliassime has tried to hone his serve-plus-forehand over the last two seasons, and that work seems to have clicked in fully this fall. [was banned from Wimbledon](https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/wimbledon-set-ban-russian-belarusian-tennis-players-in-response-ukraine-invasion), and didn’t win his first title of 2022 until August, in Los Cabos. These were two unique and very different talents, and many of us hoped to see them blend their disparate styles and personalities in a future rivalry. Medvedev’s and Auger-Aliassime’s 2022 seasons have run on parallel tracks—up, down, and now up again. ATP Vienna, Austria

Alcaraz and Nadal hold on to the top two positions in the latest ATP rankings while weekend winners Medvedev and Auger-Aliassime move up.

[Felix Auger-Aliassime](https://www.tennismajors.com/atp/ten-questions-you-might-have-about-felix-auger-aliassime-286253.html) climbs one spot to No 8, equalling his career-best ranking that he first achieved in August 2022. [Daniil Medvedev](https://www.tennismajors.com/atp/daniil-medvedev-andrei-medvedev-wife-bear-10-questions-you-may-ask-about-the-russian-79964.html) is back in the world’s top 3 after winning his second title of the season at the Erste Bank Open in Vienna on Sunday. Ugo Humbert climbs 15 spots to No 88 after qualifying and reaching the second round in Basel while Gregoire Barrere jumps 17 spots to No 93 after winning the ATP Challenger in Brest, France. [Arthur Rinderknech](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-rinderknech/rc91/overview) becomes the French No 1 after moving up nine spots to No 42 thanks to a quarter-final finish in Basel. The 26-year-old moves up one spot and remains behind only [Carlos Alcaraz](https://www.tennismajors.com/atp/real-madrid-golf-juan-carlos-ferrero-10-questions-you-might-have-about-carlos-alcaraz-299821.html) at No 1 and [Rafael Nadal](https://www.tennismajors.com/our-features/lists-our-features/rafael-nadal-roland-garros-carlos-moya-real-madrid-10-questions-you-may-ask-about-the-spaniard-79766.html) at No 2 in the ATP rankings for the week of October 31st. [Denis Shapovalov](https://www.tennismajors.com/our-features/lists-our-features/denis-shapovalov-junior-wimbledon-youzhny-rap-musician-10-questions-you-may-have-about-the-canadian-286548.html) moves up three spots to No 16 while Danis teen [Holger Run](https://www.tennismajors.com/others-news/10-questions-holger-rune-getting-to-know-danish-604290.html)e, who finished runner-up in Basel, jumped seven spots to a new career-high of No 18.

Two Canadian tennis players will be in an ATP Final. In Austria, Denis Shapovalov of Toronto, Ontario is in the Vienna Open final against Daniil Medvedev of ...

Auger-Aliassime had nine aces and zero double faults. Meanwhile in Basel, Switzerland, Felix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal, Quebec is in the Swiss Indoor Final against Holger Rune of Denmark. In Austria, Denis Shapovalov of Toronto, Ontario is in the Vienna Open final against Daniil Medvedev of Russia.

BASEL, Switzerland — Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Denmark's Holger Rune 6-3, 7-5 in the Swiss Indoors final on Sunday for his third consecutive ...

He is now up to four titles for his career and on the year, having won the Rotterdam Open in February. “It’s been an amazing week,” Auger-Aliassime said after the match. The Montreal native went all five matches in the tournament without giving up a single break point and only dropped one set throughout.

Taylor Fritz is out of the top 10 as Hubert Hurakacz moved ahead of him in the newest ATP Rankings that also saw Medvedev return to number 3.

37 Reilly Opelka 25 USA 1140 -1 31 Tommy Paul 25 USA 1330 -1 [Holger Rune](/holger-rune) played in the Basel final and the Danish player is now in the top 20 moving up to number 18.

Felix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal, Taylor Fritz, Andrey Rublev and Hubert Hurkacz are in the running to round out the eight-player field at the ...

He then raced to a 6-0 lead in the tie-breaker and served his 19th ace to win the match. He is now up to four titles for his career and on the year, having won the Rotterdam Open in February. Davis Cup players are selected by the national team captains and not based on ranking points. "Once again in the final, not getting broken all week. "It's been an amazing week," Auger-Aliassime said after the match. "It's been the best season ever," Fritz said in an on-court interview.