Félix Auger-Aliassime easily disposed of the Japanese Taro Daniel 6-3, 6-2 at the Munich Tennis Open on Thursday, thereby obtaining his pass to the quarter-finals.
Auger-Aliassime, the fifth seed in the tournament, ended the duel against the 85th player in the world in one hour and 24 minutes on Bavarian clay. It was the first career match between the two tennis players.
The 23-year-old Quebecer exploited his power to quickly win against Daniel, who is 31 years old. He notably dominated 9-0 in terms of aces, in addition to winning 80% of his points with his first service ball.
Auger-Aliassime, the 34th player in the world, also converted all four of his break points against his opponent, and he suffered only one break in four occasions.
The representative of the maple leaf, who covets a sixth career title on the ATP circuit, will meet in the next round with the German Jan-Lennard Struff, fourth seed of the tournament, who took the measure from the Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp 7-6 (0), 6-4.
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