While the former world number one beat Denis Shapovalov in the Austrian tournament final, the Canadian beat Holger Rune in the Swiss tournament, completing his third title in a row.
A sweet day was this Sunday for Daniel Medvedev (4th) Yes Felix Auger-Aliassime (9th) after retaining the titles of ATP500 contested in Vienna Yes Basel respectively.
First of all, the Russian tennis player faces were seen with the Canadian Denis Shapovalov (19th) in a game that It started off rough for the Moscow native as he lost the opening set, but then he turned in his favor to win the next two sets. thus closing the commit with the marker of 4-6, 6-3 and 6-2 in 2 hours and 19 minutes .
In the first set, Medvedev saw his serve broken in the third and fifth games. and, although he was able to recover one of the breaks in the sixth game, ended up losing to their rival 4-6 in 50 minutes .
For him second series Medvedev quickly turned the page, achieve breaks in the fourth and eighth games it was enough to keep a 6-3 in 46 minutes of play .
In the final round, Medvedev was even more impactful realizing service breaks in the third and fifth games taking the partial by 6-2 in 43 mins and the match after seven match points.
With this victory on the indoor hard court in Vienna, Medvedev reaches his 15th professional title and the second this season after the one he won in Los Cabos, Mexico .
Auger-Aliassime on a roll
For its part, the other winner of the day was the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime -who left the world number one on the way Carlos Alcaraz in the semi-finals, and who also managed to win on a covered hard court, that of Basel after beating the 19-year-old Danish prospect Holger Rune (25th) with a marker 6-3 and 7-5 in 1h40 .
In the first partial the 9th in the world was enough with only one break in the fourth game keep the set for 6-3 after 35 mins of compromise.
The second run was even more regular than the first, since the two tennis players managed to keep their services until in the eleventh match Auger-Aliassime made the break which later allowed him to close the scoreboard with a fight 7-5 after 1 hour and 5 minutes grief.
With the victory, the Montreal native – who extended his winning streak to 13 celebrations – earned his third consecutive trophy after those obtained in Antwerp (Belgium) and Florence (Italy) . Also, he reached fourth professional title by adding the of Rotterdam (Netherlands) , also reached this season. It should be noted that all their crowns have the particularity of being in tournaments of indoor hard court .
The next challenge for Medvedev Yes Auger Aliassime will be in the last tournament of the season, the Masters 1000 of Paris a contest in which they will face off in the second round against the winner of the match between Sebastien Korda (33rd) Yes Alex De Minaure (24th) in the case of the Russian, while the Canadian expects a rival between Alexander Bublik (38th) Yes Mikaël Ymer (76°) .
In France, The American will seek qualification for the ATP World Tour Finals in Turin, Italy a competition in which the eight best players of the year and for which the Muscovite signed his presence after winning in Vienna.
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