Auger-Aliassime next plays second-seeded Taylor Fritz in the semifinals. The Canadian’s victory keeps up a record of reaching the semifinals all three times he’s played in Stuttgart. He was runner-up in 2019 and 2021.
Engel’s upset win over U.S. player Alex Michelsen on Thursday made him the youngest player to reach the quarters of any tour-level men’s grass-court event since Boris Becker won Wimbledon as a 17-year-old in 1985.
Engel this week also became the second-youngest player since 1990, behind Rafael Nadal, to have won a match on all three surfaces — grass, clay and hard-court — on the tour. (AP) UNG