Auger-Aliassime advances to Montpellier final with straight-sets win

Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the final of the Open Occitanie tennis tournament with a 6-4, 7-6 (4) win over Jesper de Jong of the Netherlands on Saturday.

Auger-Aliassime, the second seed in Montpellier, France, reached his second final this season after winning his sixth ATP Tour title at the Adelaide International in January.

He'll play the winner of a match between top seed Andrey Rublev of Russia and Aleksandar Kovacevic of the United States in the final of the ATP 250 event.

Auger-Aliassime hit 12 aces and won 74 per cent of his first service points against De Jong.

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Felix Auger-Aliassime reaches the final in Montpellier

He picked up his 52nd career indoor hard court win despite converting only two of 13 break points in the two-hour, three-minute match.

The 24-year-old Canadian reached his 17th ATP final and improved to 9-2 this season.