Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime into semifinals of Adelaide International

ADELAIDE — Felix Auger-Aliassime reached the semifinals of the Adelaide International with a straight sets win over Marcos Giron of the United States on Wednesday.

The fifth-seeded Auger-Aliassime of Montreal will face top-seed Tommy Paul of the U.S. in the semifinal of the Australian Open tune-up tournament.

Auger-Aliassime won 7-6(3), 6-3 over Giron on the strength of superior serving.

The Canadian had 11 aces to Giron’s two and took 80 per cent of first serve points won to Giron’s 65.