Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime has added another title to his name, winning the European Open in Belgium on Sunday.
The 25-year-old Canadian topped Jiri Lechecka of Czechia 7-6(2), 6-6(7), 6-2 to win the hard-court ATP 250 tournament.
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Auger-Aliassime, seeded No. 2 at the tournament, fired 17 aces across the two-hour, 34-minute match and won 79 per cent of his first-serve points.
The Montreal native remained in control despite dropping the second set, converting two of his six break-point chances across the match and not allowing Lechecka a break-