The combined age of Auger-Aliassime and the 19-year-old Rune added up to the same 41 years as Federer. Open champion, top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz, on Saturday in the semifinals. “I’m very far from that, but it’s so cool to have my name with all these great champions at this prestigious tournament,” said Auger-Aliassime, who beat the current U.S. The others are Novak Djokovic, Juan Martin del Potro – who both had to beat Federer in their finals – and Marin Cilic. “I actually thought about him this morning, and thought how cool it would be if I win here, where he won 10 times,” Auger-Aliassime said of Federer.Įvery winner of the Swiss Indoors from 2006 up to this edition also has a U.S. Federer announced his retirement last month at age 41 because of persistent knee injuries. 8 birthday with Swiss great Roger Federer who had intended to return to tournament play at his hometown event. The 22-year-old Canadian shares the same Aug. He extended his winning streak to 13 matches. The ninth-ranked Auger-Aliassime added the Basel title to wins in the last two weeks at Florence, Italy, and Antwerp, Belgium. BASEL, Switzerland - Felix Auger-Aliassime won his third straight title in October, beating Holger Rune 6-3, 7-5 in the Swiss Indoors final.Īuger-Aliassime went through his five matches at Basel without dropping serve, and he saved all three break points Rune had.
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