TURIN - Canadian tennis star Félix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the semifinals of the ATP Finals for the first time in his career with a 6-4, 7-6 (4) win over Germany's Alexander Zverev on Friday.

The 25-year-old from Montreal improved to 2-1 in round-robin play to finish second in the Bjorn Borg Group and will face world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain on Saturday in the semifinals of the elite season-ending event.

Auger-Aliassime, seeded eighth in Turin, claimed the only break of the match in the final game of the first set.

Zverev failed to convert any of his four break point opportunities and made 18 of his 27 unforced errors in the second set, during which he repeatedly gestured towards his team in apparent frustration.

In the tiebreaker, he sent an easy return into the net to hand A

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