By Richard Pagliaro | Wednesday, February 25, 2026
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Going deep in attracts is now event custom for Felix Auger-Aliassime.
The highest-seeded Auger-Aliassime broke big-serving Giovanni Mpetshi-Perricard thrice in a 6-4, 6-4 sweep to advance to the Dubai Obligation Free Tennis Championships quarterfinals.
It’s Auger-Aliassime’s tenth quarterfinal in his final 11 occasions for the reason that begin of August, 2025. The one lapse in that stellar run got here in Melbourne when a cramping Auger-Aliassime retired in opposition to Nuno Borges in his Australian Open opener in January.
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He takes out Mpetshi Perricard 6-4 6-4 to advance to the quarter-finals#DDFTennis pic.twitter.com/dLjAn9azec
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Going through certainly one of tennis most devastating servers in the present day, Auger-Aliassime took care of his personal supply.
The 2025 US Open semifinalist served 71 p.c and received 29 of 35 first-serve factors in reaching his 66th Tour-level quarterfinal. Auger-Aliassime improved to 15-1 vs. Frenchman for the reason that begin of 2025 along with his lone loss coming to Arthur Rinderknech in Shanghai final season.
World No. 8 Auger-Aliassime improved to 11-3 on the season. Persevering with his quest for a second title of the 12 months, the Canadian will play both eighth-seeded Czech Jiri Lehecka or Spanish qualifier Pablo Carreno Busta within the quarterfinals.
Third-seeded Daniil Medvedev defeated wild card Stan Wawrinka 6-2, 6-3 to arrange a Dubai quarterfinal in opposition to Jenson Brooksby. Earlier, Brooksby beat seventh-seeded Karen Khachanov 7-6(6), 6-4 in a match that featured only one break level.
