Félix Auger Aliassime hits a ball into the crowd after winning his quarter-final match against Daniil Medvedev at the Qatar Open, in Doha, Qatar, on Feb. 20.Ibraheem Al Omari/Reuters
Montreal’s Félix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the semi-finals of the Qatar Open tennis tournament after Russia’s Daniil Medvedev retired from their quarter-final with an illness.
Auger-Aliassime won the first set of Thursday’s match 6-3 before Medvedev, who was seeded fourth at the ATP 500 tournament, left the court.
The 24-year-old Canadian won 89 per cent of his service points and had four aces in a dominant first set on which he didn’t face break point.
Auger-Aliassime advanced to a semi-final Friday against Russian fifth seed Andrey Rublev despite winning just one complete match in Doha.
He survived a tough first-round match against French qualifier Quentin Halys, then advanced to the quarter-finals when second-round opponent Hamad Medjedovic of Serbia withdrew with a leg injury he sustained in a first-round upset of sixth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Auger-Aliassime improved to 2-7 against Medvedev and will also be in tough against Rublev, who holds a 5-1 advantage in their head-to-head series.
Auger-Aliassime, who came into the tournament ranked 23rd in the world, is seeking his eighth ATP title and third this year.
Rublev, advanced to the semi-finals with a 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (8) win over second seed Alex de Minaur of Australia.
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