Auger-Aliassime ends German teen Engel's historic run at Stuttgart Open

The Associated Press

· Posted: Jun 13, 2025 9:23 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

A time aft Justin Engel became the youngest tennis subordinate successful 40 years to scope a men's circuit quarterfinal connected grass, his tally astatine the Stuttgart Open ended with a nonaccomplishment to Felix Auger-Aliassime connected Friday.

The 17-year-old German gave erstwhile U.S. Open semifinalist Auger-Aliassime a pugnacious combat successful the archetypal acceptable earlier the Canadian took a 7-6 (3), 6-3 win.

Auger-Aliassime adjacent plays second-seeded Taylor Fritz successful the semifinals. The Canadian's triumph keeps up a grounds of reaching the semifinals each 3 times he's played successful Stuttgart. He was runner-up successful 2019 and 2021.

Engel's upset triumph implicit U.S. subordinate Alex Michelsen connected Thursday made him the youngest subordinate to scope the quarters of immoderate tour-level men's grass-court lawsuit since Boris Becker won Wimbledon arsenic a 17-year-old successful 1985.

Engel this week besides became the second-youngest subordinate since 1990, down Rafael Nadal, to person won a lucifer connected each 3 surfaces — grass, clay and hard-court — connected the tour.

Canadian Diallo upsets No. 3 seed

Montreal's Gabriel Diallo fired 19 aces to bushed No. 3 effect Karen Khachanov of Russia 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-3 connected Friday astatine the grass-court Libema Open.

The Canadian won 74 per cent of his first-serve points and saved 4 of 5 interruption chances.

He took the opening acceptable successful a choky tiebreak earlier Khachanov responded with a azygous interruption successful the second.

Diallo broke aboriginal successful the 3rd and ne'er faced different interruption point.

The 23-year-old is projected to emergence to No. 48 successful the ATP's unrecorded rankings — the archetypal top-50 showing of his career.

Diallo volition look No. 2 effect Ugo Humbert of France successful Saturday's semifinal aft Humbert bushed No. 7 effect Nuno Borges of Portugal 6-1, 6-4.