Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime has advanced to his first ATP Masters final, and he hasn't had to play all that much tennis to do it.

Auger-Aliassime moved on to the final of the Madrid Open clay-court tournament Friday after semifinal opponent Jiri Lehecka of Czechia retired due to injury with their match tied 3-3 in the first set.

Auger-Aliassime into Madrid Open semis without playing after Sinner exits with hip injury

Felix Auger-Aliassime has caught another break due to opponent injury and will advance to the semifinals at the Madrid Open. Italy's Jannik Sinner, scheduled to play the Canadian in quarterfinal action on Thursday, has withdrawn due to a hip injury.

A Canadian men's tennis player returns the ball to his Norwegian opponent during a fourth-round match at the ATP Tour Madrid Open in Spain.

Felix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal improved his record against is now 2-3 all-time against Casper Ruud to 2-3 at the ATP level with Tuesday's fourth-round victory in Madrid.

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Felix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal has advanced to the Madrid Open semifinals after Jannik Sinner pulled out of Thursday's scheduled quarterfinal meeting with a hip injury.

The 23-year-old Canadian didn't even take the court in the quarterfinals when his opponent, top-seeded Jannik Sinner, withdrew from the tournament with a hip injury.

Auger-Aliassime also advanced by walkover in the third round when Jakub Mensik of the Czech Republic&nbsp;retired from that match. Auger-Aliassime was leading 6-1, 1-0.

Auger-Aliassime advances to final at Madrid Open

Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic retired due to injury Friday in the opening set against Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime in the semifinals at the Madrid Open.

Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic retired due to injury Friday against Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime in the semi-finals at the Madrid Open.

Madrid Open Tennis - Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Jiri Lehecka

When Auger-Aliassime has played in Madrid, he has looked good. He posted a convincing 6-4, 7-5 win over fifth seed Casper Ruud of Norway on the fourth round and easily handled 19th-seed Adrian Mannarino of France 6-0, 6-4 in the second round.

Auger-Aliassime will face seventh-seeded Russian Andrey Rublev in Sunday's final. Rublev advanced&nbsp;with a 6-4, 6-3 win over American Taylor Fritz on Friday.

Felix Auger-Aliassime celebrates winning match point against Yoshihito Nishioka during their first-round game of the Mutua Madrid Open at La Caja Magica last Thursday.

Auger-Aliassime reaches 1st Masters final with another walkover at Madrid Open

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