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Felix Auger-Aliassime and Aleksandar Kovacevic will likely be going head-to-head for the second time of their careers after they collide within the closing of the Open Occitanie on Sunday afternoon.
Their solely earlier assembly got here final summer season on the Cincinnati Masters, the place Auger-Aliassime cruised 6-3, 6-1. The world No. 23 is an particularly large favourite this time round as a result of they’re enjoying on an indoor onerous court docket. Auger-Aliassime is the ATP Tour chief in indoor match victories relationship again to 2022, with a 52-14 such report for the reason that begin of that season. 5 of his six ATP titles have come indoors and he has additionally reached 4 different indoor finals.
Montpellier’s No. 2 seed has been as much as his traditional tips on this floor all through the week. He didn’t drop a single set on his approach to the championship match, beating Arthur Cazaux, Bu Yunchaokete, and Jesper de Jong.