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Defending champion Felix Auger-Aliassime delivered 20 aces whereas posting a 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-1 victory over French qualifier Titouan Droguet on Saturday to return to the finale of the Open Occitanie in Montpellier, France.
The top-seeded Auger-Aliassime of Canada had 47 winners in opposition to 29 unforced errors and saved all three break factors whereas knocking off Droguet, who made a pleasant run into his first tour-level semifinal. Droguet had 14 aces amongst 30 winners and dedicated 37 unforced errors.
Auger-Aliassime will probably be trying to find his ninth profession title when he faces France’s Adrian Mannarino, who rallied for a 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over American qualifier Martin Damm. Mannarino, 37, had 11 aces to turn out to be the oldest finalist within the occasion’s historical past. He has received 5 ATP titles.
Damm had 23 aces and the large hitter delivered 41 winners in opposition to 35 unforced errors. By comparability, Mannarino had 19 winners and 14 unforced errors.
Davis Cup
Host Germany closed out Peru 4-0 with two victories on Saturday in Davis Cup first-round qualifying in Dusseldorf.
Entering the day up 2-0, Germany clinched when the doubles workforce of Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz defeated Peru’s Ignacio Buse and Arklon Huertas del Pino Cordova 6-0, 2-6, 6-4. Germany’s Justin Engel received the fourth match when Gonzalo Bueno retired after the pair break up the primary two units, 6-3 (for Engel) and 7-6 (4).
Canada edged Brazil 3-2 in Vancouver. Brazil’s Orlando Luz and Rafael Matos recorded a 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 win over Liam Draxl and Cleeve Harper. Canada’s Gabriel Diallo responded with a 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4) choice over Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida. Draxl then beat Brazil’s Gustavo Heide 6-3, 6-4 within the decisive fifth match.
Austria superior on a 3-2 win over Japan in Tokyo, successful two singles matches on Saturday. Lukas Neumayer downed Shintaro Mochizuki 6-3, 6-3, and Jurij Rodionov yielded the primary set earlier than dominating Yoshihito Nishioka 5-7, 6-1, 6-0.
The United States went up 2-0 on host Hungary in Tatabanya, as Tommy Paul defeated Zsombor Piros 7-6 (3), 6-3, and Ethan Quinn received a battle with Fabian Marozsan 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (11).
Croatia eradicated visiting Denmark 3-1 in Varazdin on victories by Dino Prizmic over Elmer Moller 7-6 (5), 7-6 (2) and the doubles workforce of Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic over Johannes Ingildsen and Carl Emil Overbeck 6-2, 7-5.
Host Chile ousted Serbia 4-0 in Santiago as Matias Soto outlasted Branko Djuric 6-7 (2), 7-6 (4), 10-7. Chile’s doubles workforce of Tomas Barrios Vera and Nicolas Jarry downed Ivan Sabanov and Matej Sabanov 6-4, 6-4.
At Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Belgium took a 2-0 lead on the host nation as Alexander Blockx rallied to high Iliyan Radulov 6-7 (3), 6-4-1, and Raphael Collignon beat Alexander Vasilev 6-3, 6-3.
At Bengaluru, India, Guy Den Ouden bought a degree for the Netherlands with a 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 victory over Sumit Nagal, and India drew even on Dhakshineswar Suresh’s 6-4, 7-5 win over Jesper de Jong.
Host Ecuador took a 2-0 lead on Australia in Quito as Alvaro Guillen Meza bought previous Rinky Hijikata 6-4, 1-6, 6-4, and Andres Andrade beat James Duckworth 3-6, 6-3, 7-5.
Czechia bought off to an ideal begin main visiting Sweden 2-0 in Jihlava due to Jiri Lehecka’s 6-3, 6-4 win over Dragos Nicolae Madaras and Dalibor Svrcina’s 6-1, 6-3 conquer Olle Wallin.
Argentina and host South Korea are tied 1-1 in Busan, and host France is degree with Slovakia 1-1 in Le Portel.
–Field Level Media