The third-seeded right-hander won the only break-point chance of the first set to lead 3-1 - also the first time unseeded Rune's service was broken this week - and pressured him into another service break to take a 6-5 lead in the second. Rune is now 2-2 in finals though he will be ranked inside the top 20 for the first time on Monday.Īuger-Aliassime improved his career record in finals to 4-9 with all four titles won this year at indoor hard-court events in Europe. The combined age of Auger-Aliassime and the 19-year-old Rune added up to the same 41 years as Federer. 'I'm very far from that, but it's so cool to have my name with all these great champions at this prestigious tournament,' said Auger-Aliassime, who beat the current US Open champion, top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz, on Saturday in the semifinals. The others are Novak Djokovic, Juan Martin del Potro - who both had to beat Federer in their finals - and Marin Čilić. 'I actually thought about him this morning, and thought how cool it would be if I win here, where he won 10 times,' Auger-Aliassime said of Federer.Įvery winner of the Swiss Indoors from 2006 up to this edition also has a US Open title. Federer announced his retirement last month at age 41 because of persistent knee injuries.

8 birthday with Swiss great Roger Federer who had intended to return to tournament play at his hometown event. The 22-year-old Canadian shares the same Aug. He extended his winning streak to 13 matches. The ninth-ranked Auger-Aliassime added the Basel title to wins in the last two weeks at Florence, Italy, and Antwerp, Belgium. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browserįelix Auger-Aliassime wins Swiss Indoors 3rd title of monthīASEL, Switzerland - Felix Auger-Aliassime won his third straight title in October, beating Holger Rune 6-3, 7-5 in the Swiss Indoors final on Sunday.Īuger-Aliassime went through his five matches at Basel without dropping serve, and he saved all three break points Rune had.

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