Felix Auger-Aliassime cracks final 4 at Murray River Open

Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime reached the Murray River Open semifinals after winning his match against Czech Republic's Jiri Vesley who retired due to a shoulder injury after losing the first set.

Opponent retired due to left shoulder injury after losing 1st set

The Canadian Press · Posted: Feb 05, 2021 10:50 AM EST | Last Updated: February 5, 2021

Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime made his way into the final of the Murray River Open after beating Corentin Moutet of France on Saturday. (Mike Owen/Getty Images)

Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime has reached the semifinals at the Murray River Open in Melbourne, Australia.

The third-seeded Auger-Aliassime beat Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic when the world No. 69 retired with a left shoulder injury after dropping the first set 7-6 (3) on Friday.

Earlier, Auger-Aliassime saved one match point to beat world No. 78 Egor Gerasimov of Belarus 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (6).

The 21st-ranked Auger-Aliassime will face world No. 80 Corentin Moutet of France in the semifinals on Saturday. Auger-Aliassime is 2-0 lifetime against Moutet.

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The other semifinal pits No. 8 seed Daniel Evans of Great Britain against Jeremy Chardy of France.

The 20-year-old Auger-Aliassime is attempting to reach his seventh career ATP Tour final. He has yet to win a tournament.

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Third-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal opened his 2021 season with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Japan's Yuichi Sugita in the second round of the Murray River Open on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Canada's Leylah Annie Fernandez is done at the Grampians Trophy.

The 18-year-old Fernandez was ousted from her warm-up event in the round of 16 by No. 5 seed Maria Sakkari of Greece.

Sakkari took the match 6-2, 6-2 in one hour 25 minutes.