The two players have met three times before, with Auger-Aliassime winning twice. The semifinal, which lasted just 82 minutes, was a rematch of last year's final, which Auger-Aliassime won 6-3, 7-5.Īuger-Aliassime's opponent on Sunday will be Poland's Hubert Hurkacz, who downed France's Ugo Humbert 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 in Saturday's other semifinal. 6 Rune.Īuger-Aliassime conceded only two break chances, both in the second set when he already led 5-2. The six-seeded Auger-Aliassime used a strong service game - firing five aces and winning 82 per cent of his first serves- to make short work of world No. BASEL, Switzerland - Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime will get a chance to defend his championship at the Swiss Indoors tennis event on Sunday.Īuger-Aliassime advanced to the title game with a 6-3, 6-2 semifinal win over top seed Holger Rune of Denmark on Saturday.