Felix Auger-Aliassime

Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Marc-Andrea Huesler Wednesday at the Swiss Indoors Basel for his personal-best ninth consecutive tour-level win.

Currently seventh in the Pepperstone ATP Live Race To Turin, the Canadian is chasing his third ATP Tour title in as many weeks following his wins in Florence and Antwerp. “We are around the same age, and we have played each other since we were juniors,” said Auger-Aliassime of Kecmanovic. “I was able to serve it out well at the end. Huesler strung together a series of high-class points to charge to the first-set tie-break in his maiden tour-level meeting with Auger-Aliassime. If you are able to seize one opportunity, you take a break. Yet the Canadian was pushed all the way for his 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-4 victory.