Japan Open: Auger-Aliassime continues resurgence by reaching quarter-finals

Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 8 seed, moved into the quarter-finals of the Japan Open by beating Austrian Sebastian Ofner 6-4, 6-1 at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Wednesday night.

Auger-Aliassime, ranked No 17, will face the winner of the match between American qualifier Marcos Giron and Norwegian Casper Ruud, the second seed, next.

It’s the first time the Canadian has won back to back matches at ATP Tour level since Indian Wells in March.

In the previous round of the Tokyo Open, the Canadian won against Australian Aleksandar Vukic (7-6 (3), 6-7 (2), 6-2).

Ofner, ranked No 47, edged out Australian Christopher O’Connell (6-7 (2), 7-6 (5), 7-5) in the previous round of the Tokyo Open.

Tokyo ATP500, other second-round results (Ariake Colosseum, hard, USD 2.013.940, most recent results first):

• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Aslan Karatsev
• Alex De Minaur vs. Diego Schwartzman
• Cristian Garin vs. Alexei Popyrin
• Taylor Fritz vs. Shintaro Mochizuki
• Ben Shelton vs. Jordan Thompson
• Marcos Giron vs. Casper Ruud
• Tommy Paul vs. Mackenzie McDonald