Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime has work to do if he wants to secure a spot at the season-ending Nitto ATP Finals in Turin, Italy for the first time in three years.
But results on Friday at the BNP Paribas Fortis European Open in Brussels certainly helped.
The world No. 13, seeded No. 2, was a 6-2, 7-6(6) winner over American Eliott Spizziri in the quarterfinals, putting him not just into his ninth semifinal of the season, but up to No. 9 in the race to the year-end championships.
He leapfrogged the inactive Jack Draper, who ended his season early after the US Open due to injury.
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