TASHKENT, October 13, 2018
Félix Auger-Aliassime has clinched his fourth career title on the ATP Challenger Tour. The 18-year-old Canadian beat Polish youngster Kamil Majchrzak 6-3, 6-2 in Saturday’s singles final of the Tashkent Challenger.
Auger-Aliassime, who battled through the qualifying of the $75,000 hard-court event, sent down seven aces, saved the only break point he faced, converting three of his own to secure victory in one hour and seven minutes.
Sealed with a second serve ace. Felix Auger-Aliassime is the champion in Tashkent!
Fourth #ATPChallenger title for @felixtennis, claiming 8⃣ wins in 8⃣ days as a qualifier pic.twitter.com/hGzfMN3tCw
— ATP Challenger Tour (@ATPChallenger) 13. Oktober 2018
By lifting his second trophy of the season, the teenager takes away from Uzbekistan $10,800 in prize money as well as 80 ATP-Ranking points.
On Saturday, Sanjar Fayziev and Jurabek Karimov took the doubles title. The local wild card entries fought past Federico Gaio of Italy and Spaniard Enrique López-Pérez 6-2, 6-7(3), 11-9. The final lasted one hour and 30 minutes. The pair claimed their maiden crown on the ATP Challenger Tour.
