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Auger-Aliassime advances in Mallorca as fellow Montrealer Diallo exits

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Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime, returns a shot to Taylor Fritz of the USA during their men's singles semifinal tennis match of the Stuttgart Open, in Stuttgart, Germany, Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Marijan Murat/dpa via AP)

SANTA PONSA — Felix Auger-Aliassime rallied for a 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 win over Serbia’s Hamad Medjedovic in Thursday’s quarterfinals at the Mallorca Championships.

The Montreal native fired 11 aces and broke Medjedovic three times on six chances.

Auger-Aliassime, seeded second and ranked 27th in the ATP Rankings, improved to 7-0 in tour-level quarterfinals this season. He’s now tied with world No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz for the most semifinal appearances in 2025.

He’ll face Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands in Friday's semi at the grass-court event.

Auger-Aliassime, a two-time titlist this year with wins in Montpellier and Adelaide, is chasing his third career final on grass and first since 2021.

Griekspoor beat Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo 6-4, 6-4 earlier Thursday.

Diallo had eight aces but couldn’t convert his lone break-point opportunity.

The six-foot-eight Diallo, who entered the tournament with a career-high No. 41 ranking, is due to make his Wimbledon main-draw debut at the All-England Lawn Tennis Club next week.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 26, 2025.

The Canadian Press

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