The Canadian, who is seeded third in the tournament and eliminated Egor Gerasimov (3:6, 6:2, 6:2) and Andy Murray (7:6, 6:4) in previous rounds, played a strange first round. Although he made the break to make it 5: 4, he served three double faults in the following service game and immediately conceded the re-break. At 6:5 he managed the break again – 7:5.

Norrie cannot benefit from a break in the second

Cameron Norrie - previously with convincing performances against Ugo Humbert (6:2, 6:4) and Karen Khachanov (6:4, 7:6) - had the opportunity to find his way back into the game in the second set. In the meantime he was 4:2 ahead, but couldn't hold his serve. Similar to the first sentence, "FAA" struck again at the end. Although number 9 in the world rankings did not use the first chances in Norrie's last service game, he played a solid tie-break (7: 4) and won the second set 7: 6.

Auger-Aliassime, who now has a 10:3 record in 2022 (losses against Fritz and 2x Medvedev), will meet either Andrey Rublev or Marton Fucsovics in the semifinals. Stefanos Tsitsipas and surprisingly Jiri Lehecka had previously prevailed in the upper half.

Here is the single tableau from Rotterdam