Canada’s Auger-Aliassime advances to second round at Halle with win over Borges

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HALLE - Canada's Félix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the second round of the Terra Wortmann Open grass-court tennis tournament with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 win over Portugal's Nuno Borges on Monday.

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HALLE – Canada’s Félix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the second round of the Terra Wortmann Open grass-court tennis tournament with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 win over Portugal’s Nuno Borges on Monday.

Auger-Aliassime, the world No. 4 and the second seed in Halle, converted his second break of the match to go up 5-3 in the third set before serving to love in the clinching game.

The 25-year-old from Montreal out-aced Borges 9-5 and faced just two break points, saving one.

Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime serves to Chile's Alejandro Tabilo during the fourth-round tennis match at the French Open in Paris, Monday, June 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime serves to Chile's Alejandro Tabilo during the fourth-round tennis match at the French Open in Paris, Monday, June 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Borges also did well taking care of his serve and faced just three break points.

The result was much better for Auger-Aliassime than his last meeting with Borges, when he retired with a cramp trailing 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the first round of this year’s Australian Open

Auger-Aliassime will next face Learner Tien of the United States at the ATP 500 event.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 15, 2026.

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