Auger-Aliassime to play for back-to-back ATP Tour wins in European Open final

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Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime has reached his second consecutive ATP tennis final.

The 22-year-old Montrealer edged out Frenchman Richard Gasquet, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (3) in Saturday’s semi-finals of the European Open ATP 250 in Antwerp, Belgium.

Second-seeded Auger-Aliassime will face American Sebastian Korda for his third ATP title on Sunday at 10 a.m. ET. Korda beat Austria’s Dominic Thiem in Saturday’s other semi-final.

Auger-Aliassime is coming off his second ATP Tour victory last weekend at the Florence Open, where he beat American JJ Wolf in the final.

WATCH | Auger-Aliassime qualifies for the semi-finals of the European Open:

Auger-Aliassime rallies in the semi-final in Antwerp

Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime rallied to defeat Great Britain’s Dan Evans 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-2 to book a spot in the European Open semifinals.


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