Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime returns the ball to Canada's Gabriel Diallo during their first round match at the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. (Georgios Kefalas/Keystone via AP)

By The Canadian Press

Canadians Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov advance to Swiss Indoors quarterfinals

Oct 23, 2025 | 7:24 AM

BASEL — Canadians Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov advanced to the quarterfinals with straight-set wins at the Swiss Indoors on Thursday.

Auger-Aliassime, the 2022 and 2023 champion, fired 28 aces in a 7-6 (7), 7-6 (5) win over Croatia’s Marin Cilic.

The Montreal native won 96 per cent of points on his first serve and didn’t face a break point.

The victory extended Auger-Aliassime’s indoor winning streak to six matches after he captured the Brussels title last week. The fifth seed remains in the hunt for a spot at the season-ending ATP Finals in Turin.

Meanwhile, Shapovalov posted a 7-6 (5), 6-2 victory over France’s Valentin Royer, striking 11 aces.

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The Richmond Hill, Ont., product broke the Frenchman three times and won 76 per cent of first-serve points.

Shapovalov next faces Brazil’s Joao Fonseca, while Auger-Aliassime takes on unseeded Jaume Munar of Spain, who upset second-seeded American Ben Shelton 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday.

With quarterfinal wins, Auger-Aliassime and Shapovalov would meet in an all-Canadian semifinal.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 23, 2025.

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