Tennis

Dominant Felix Auger-Aliassime sails into Swiss Indoors quarters

Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime is on to the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament. The third-seeded Montreal native dispatched Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic 6-1, 6-0 at the hardcourt event.

Canadian steamrolls Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic 6-1, 6-0

Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime returns a ball to Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia during their match on Thursday in Basel, Switzerland. (Alexandra Wey/Keystone via The Associated Press)

Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime is on to the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament.

The third-seeded Montreal native dispatched Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic 6-1, 6-0 at the hardcourt event.

Auger-Aliassime improved to 2-2 over the course of his career against the world No. 28 Kecmanovic.

The Canadian will face Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik in the quarters on Friday.

Auger-Aliassime's serve was dominant on Thursday, earning him 10 aces to Kecmanovic's none.

He also won 92 per cent of his first serves and had a 60 per cent success rate on his second serves.

WATCH | Auger-Aliassime too much for Kecmanovic:

Auger-Aliassime dismantles Kecmanovic in the Swiss Indoors round of 16

2 years ago
Duration 3:38
It took just over 49 minutes for Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime to defeat Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic 6-1, 6-0 in the round of 16 of the Swiss Open in Basel, Switzerland.

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