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Patna : World No 28 Felix Auger-Aliassime, 18, Canada, and World No 51 Benoit Paire, 30, France, will clash in the final of ATP Lyon Open, Lyon, France, on May 25, 2019.
Aliassime, who has made giant strides in the past few months, upset World No 18 Nikoloz Basilashvili, 27, Georgia, in a three-set thriller 2-6, 7-6, 6-4 coming from behind in the second semi-finals on May 24, 2019, night, in 2hr 16 minutes. Aliassime hammered 12 Aces in the match to 6 by Basilashvili. Basilashvili broke Aliassime’s service twice in the match while the latter broke his service once. Both the players won 3 games each in a row. Basilashvili though committed 4 double faults to 1 by Aliassime.
Paire beat World No 46 Taylor Fritz, 21, USA, 6-4, 6-2 in the first semi-finals in 64 minutes. Paire broke Fritz’s service thrice in the match besides winning 3 games in a row. Paire fired 10 Aces in the match to just 1 by Fritz. Paire, however, committed 5 double faults to just 1 by Fritz.