Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime advances to Barcelona Open quarterfinals

Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime has booked a spot in the quarterfinals of the Barcelona Open.

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The No. 3 seed, from Montreal, beat No. 13 seed Frances Tiafoe of the United States 7-5, 6-4 in the round-of-16 on Friday.

With the win, Auger-Aliassime advances to face No. 6 seed Diego Schwartzman of Argentina later Friday.

The career series between the two players is tied at 1-1.

Auger-Aliassime won his first career ATP Tour title earlier this year at Rotterdam, but had lost five of his past six matches heading into Barcelona.

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