The 30-year-old did not drop serve against the No. 12 seed, recovering from 0-40 in the fourth game of the second set to deny Auger-Aliassime any hope of digging back into the encounter. Rinderknech served it out at 15 to avenge earlier season defeats in Mallorca and Cincinnati for his seventh win in his last 10 matches against Top 20 opponents.
“First of all, I follow my cousin. He’s going through the emotions and I’m trying to battle to follow and do as good as him,” he shared with ATP Media afterwards.
“It’s been incredible since the beginning of the week. The whole family is following from home. We are in our little world here of our own. It’s been unreal. Today is a good performance for myself. Happy to get the win. Two sets so I cannot be too tired for tomorrow, that’s great.”
