BASEL, Switzerland — Felix Auger-Aliassime from Montreal had to withdraw during the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament quarterfinals, losing the opening set 6-3 to Spain’s Jaume Munar on Friday.
The 12th-ranked Auger-Aliassime, who was seeded fifth, was spotted stretching his back early on in the match.
After dropping his serve in the fourth game, he struggled to regain momentum, though he did manage to fend off three break points during the sixth game.
Prior to this match, he had secured victories over fellow Canadian Gabriel Diallo (No. 41) and Croatia’s Marin Cilic (No. 89).
Munar (No. 42) will be competing against the winner of a later match featuring Canada’s Denis Shapovalov (No. 23) and Brazil’s Joao Fonseca (No. 46) in the semifinals.
In other news, Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and her American partner Sofia Kenin faced defeat against Brazil’s Luisa Stefani and Hungary’s Timea Babos in the women’s doubles quarterfinals at the Tokyo Open.
