Felix Advances In ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Faces Wild Card Van Rijthoven In SFs

Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to his third semi-final of the season Friday, overcoming fifth seed Karen Khachanov 7-6(5), 6-4 at the Libema Open in ‘s-Hertogenbosch.

The Canadian, who is making his debut at the ATP 250 grass-court event, backed up his opening-round win over Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor with an attacking performance against Khachanov. The second seed fired eight aces and broke twice to advance after one hour and 49 minutes, improving to 2-1 in his ATP Head2Head series with the 26-year-old.

Auger-Aliassime now holds a 20-8 record on grass, having advanced to finals in Stuttgart in 2019 and 2021. The World No. 9 is aiming to clinch his second title of the year this week, after triumphing in Rotterdam in February.

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The Canadian will next play Dutch wild card Tim Van Rijthoven after the World No. 205 continued his dream run with a 7-6(2), 6-4 victory over Frenchman Hugo Gaston.

“I am surprised to be in the semi-finals at an ATP event,” Van Rijthoven said. “I think the performance overall today was very good from my side. I served very well again. One game I had chances on his serve and I took the chance and served it out.”

The 25-year-old is making his ATP Tour debut this week and built on his standout wins over Matthew Ebden and Indian Wells champion Taylor Fritz by producing a strong serving display against Gaston. Van Rijthoven fired 12 aces and did not face a break point to seal victory after 83 minutes.