Auger-Aliassime refuses to lose, overcoming 6 match points to advance at Indian Wells

Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime overcame six match points to defeat Tommy Paul 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6) in fourth-round action Tuesday at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif.

Auger-Aliassime, the eighth seed, advanced to the quarter-finals of the Masters-level event for the first time.

Elimination looked certain for the Canadian when Paul held for a 6-5 lead in the third set and then had triple break point in the next game.

Auger-Aliassime rallied, however, firing five straight points, including an ace to win the 12th game and send the set to a tiebreaker.

Paul took a commanding 6-3 lead in the extra session, but again Auger-Aliassime responded with five straight points to secure the victory.

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Auger-Aliassime fired 12 aces in the match, but struggled with accuracy landing 58 per cent of his first serves.

Ottawa Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Luisa Stefani advanced to the quarter-finals of the women's doubles draw with a 6-3, 6-4 straight-sets victory over New Zealand's Erin Routliffe and Alexa Guarachi of Chile.

The Canadian and her Brazilian teammate will move on to face the Japan's Miyu Kato and Aldila Sutjiadi of Indonesia on Friday for a spot on the semis.

Coco Gauff rallied from a break down in the third set to beat Swedish qualifier Rebecca Peterson, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 and reach the quarters.

Down 2-4, Gauff fought her way back and saved three break points while serving at 4-all before closing out the match in the next game.

Four years ago, Peterson routed a then-14-year-old Gauff at a Challenger tournament in Michigan.

"She whopped me really bad," Gauff said on court. "I think today was really a mental thing, just staying in the match. I wasn't playing my best