ATP Auckland: Altmaier sends Auger-Aliassime home
Daniel Altmaier defeated Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-6 (9), 7-5 on Tuesday night. He’ll face the winner of the match between Frenchman Arthur Fils, the No 6 seed, and Portuguese Nuno Borges in the next round
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German Daniel Altmaier moved into the quarter-finals of the Auckland Open by beating Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 4 seed, 7-6 (9), 7-5 at the ASB Tennis Arena on Tuesday night.
Altmaier, ranked No 57, will face the winner of the match between Frenchman Arthur Fils, the No 6 seed, and Portuguese Nuno Borges next.
The German won against American Marcos Giron (7-6 (5), 6-2) ahead of his victory.
Auckland ATP 250, other second-round results (ASB Tennis Arena, hard, USD 739.945, most recent results first):
- Luca Van Assche vs. Cameron Norrie
- Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Alejandro Tabilo
- Ben Shelton vs. Fabian Marozsan
- Arthur Fils vs. Nuno Borges
- Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Sebastian Ofner
- Taro Daniel vs. Max Purcell: wednesday
- Alexandre Muller (Q) beat Francisco Cerundolo (3): 6-1, 6-1
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