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Canada’s Auger-Aliassime wins Sopra Steria title for 2nd straight year

Canada's Auger-Aliassime wins Sopra Steria title for 2nd straight year | iNFOnews.ca
Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada returns to Alex De Minaur of Australia during their boy's singles match on day eleven of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Thursday, July 7, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Ben Curtis

LYON, France – Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime defended his ATP Challenger Sopra Steria Open title on Sunday.

The 17-year-old from Montreal beat 22-year-old Johan Sebastien Tatlot of France 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-2 on the clay court.

After dropping the first set in a tiebreak, Auger-Aliassime broke Tatlot to go up 6-5 in the second set then held serve to tie the match.

Auger-Aliassime broke Tatlot three times in the third set for a 4-1 lead before cruising to the victory.

The match took two hours 32 minutes.

The up-and-coming Auger-Aliassime is No. 170 on the ATP rankings, the fifth-highest Canadian in men’s singles. Tatlot is No. 328.

Auger-Aliassime won the Sopra Steria Open last year as a wild-card entry, defeating Mathias Bourgue of France in straight sets.

The Challenger Tour is the secondary men’s professional tennis circuit run by the ATP.

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