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Auger-Aliassime’s Paris sample: A clutch comeback & onwards in late bid for Turin!
Canadian rallies previous Altmaier; Shelton, De Minaur seal Nitto ATP Finals spots
October 30, 2025
Corinne Dubreuil/ATP Tour
Felix Auger-Aliassime overcomes Daniel Altmaier on Thursday on the Rolex Paris Masters.
By Andy West
If Felix Auger-Aliassime can go on to safe a spot on the 2025 Nitto ATP Finals, he may have completed it the onerous method.
Needing a third-round victory on Thursday on the Rolex Paris Masters to maintain his hopes of qualifying for the distinguished season finale in Turin alive, the ninth-seeded Canadian overcame Daniel Altmaier 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. It was the third time in as many matches in Paris this week that Auger-Aliassime has rallied from a set all the way down to advance.
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“Three units all week. It’s been a battle all week,” mirrored Auger-Aliassime. “Simply preventing again, I really feel like each day. That’s why I got here in right this moment understanding it is perhaps powerful once more. Simply keep calm, keep affected person, and attempt to discover options. I attempted to dig deep. I do know I’ve options inside myself, but it surely’s nearly making the best decisions and executing proper.
“I began serving higher and higher because the match went on. I used to be struggling along with his change of tempo on the serve… It was only a little bit of a combination up in my thoughts, the place to return. I discovered a solution to stress him and broke him thrice in the remainder of the match.”
Maybe feeling the consequences of his bruising opening wins in opposition to Francisco Comesana and Alexandre Muller, Auger-Aliassime was sluggish within the opening levels of his conflict with Altmaier at La Défense Enviornment. But he confirmed no seen indicators of panic and delivered a rock-solid efficiency within the second and third units to set a quarter-final showdown with Shanghai champion Valentin Vacherot.
Together with his Tour-leading 81st victory indoors this decade, Auger-Aliassime moved to inside 290 factors of eighth-placed Lorenzo Musetti within the PIF ATP Reside Race To Turin. The Canadian can leapfrog Musetti this week by reaching the ultimate in Paris.
Watch Auger-Aliassime’s Beautiful Backhand Late In Altmaier Conflict:
Auger-Aliassime was aggressive on serve all through in opposition to Altmaier, and he completed having gained 87 per cent (39/45) of factors behind his first supply, in line with Infosys ATP Stats. His frequent forays forwards on a comparatively sluggish Paris court docket additionally proved essential: The eight-time ATP Tour champion gained 20 of 25 factors on the web.
Now into the quarter-finals for the sixth consecutive tour-level occasion, Auger-Aliassime will now put together for a maiden Lexus ATP Head2Head assembly with Vacherot, who earlier downed Carlos Alcaraz’s conqueror Cameron Norrie 7-6(4), 6-4. The Monegasque breakout star has now gained 10 consecutive ATP Masters 1000 matches, and he’s as much as 10 spots to No. 30 within the PIF ATP Reside Rankings on account of his Paris run to this point.
There’s now only one open spot remaining within the Nitto ATP Finals lineup after Ben Shelton secured his debut on the prestigious season finale and was promptly joined by Alex de Minaur in qualifying for Turin.
Shelton downed Andrey Rublev 7-6(6), 6-3 to ebook his quarter-final spot in Paris. The spotlight of the American lefty’s spectacular win was the searing last-gasp forehand he produced to clinch the opening set on Courtroom 1. Now 40-20 for the season, in line with the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index, Shelton will tackle second seed Jannik Sinner or Francisco Cerundolo within the final eight.
Watch Shelton’s Set-point Scorcher In Paris:
De Minaur raced previous former Paris champion Karen Khachanov 6-2, 6-2 to make sure he’ll compete in Turin for the second consecutive 12 months. The Australian notched his Tour-leading forty second hard-court victory of the season to achieve his eighth Masters 1000 quarter-final.
A gathering with Alexander Bublik might be De MInaur’s subsequent task in Paris. The Kazakhstani saved his personal outdoors Nitto ATP Finals qualification hopes alive by upsetting Taylor Fritz 7-6(5), 6-2.
