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Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Yannick Hanfmann 7-6 (6), 6-2 in Gstaad. He’ll play Italian Matteo Berrettini, the No 6 seed, in the next round
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Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 3 seed, won against German Yannick Hanfmann 7-6 (6), 6-2 to reach the last eight of the Swiss Open at the Roy Emerson Arena.
Auger-Aliassime, ranked No 18, will play Italian Matteo Berrettini, the No 6 seed, next.
Gstaad ATP 250, other second-round results (Roy Emerson Arena, clay, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):
- Matteo Berrettini beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 6-4, 6-2
- Gustavo Heide (Q) beat Ugo Humbert (2): 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-3
- Quentin Halys (Q) beat Lukas Klein: 6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-4
- Jan-Lennard Struff (5) beat Leandro Riedi (WC): 7-6 (6), 7-6 (1)
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (1) beat Hamad Medjedovic: 7-6 (6), 6-3
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry (4) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
- Fabio Fognini (7) beat Juan Pablo Varillas (Q): 3-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5
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Ashleigh Barty plays exhibition doubles match at Wimbledon but happy to stay retired
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LONDON — Ashleigh Barty was searching for a thesaurus after her exhibition doubles match at Wimbledon.
A three-time Grand Slam singles champion, Barty retired just over two years ago at the age of 25. She plans to stay retired.
“You guys are killing me,” Barty told journalists. “Anyone have a thesaurus for a word that I can use for ‘no?’”
Barty played an invitation doubles match on Centre Court three years to the day after she beat Karolina Pliskova for the Wimbledon title.
The Australian’s return to the All England Club naturally sparked questions about whether she would come back.
Not interested, she said. A year ago, Barty gave birth to a baby boy. She’s also doing commentary for the BBC’s coverage of Wimbledon.
“I’ve got a beautiful commentary box on both Centre and Court 1,” she said. “You get a good view and are able to absorb what’s happening out on the court. Hopefully people at home are enjoying what I’m having to say. I don’t know whether I’m right, wrong or indifferent, but I’m enjoying it as well.”
The 28-year-old Barty said she doesn’t ponder what would have been had she stayed on tour to battle Iga Swiatek for the No. 1 ranking.
“I really enjoy watching others do well,” she said. “We have seen Iga dominate for the most part of the last two and a half years. She’s been incredible the way she has composure, has gone on incredible runs, winning matches and really dominating, which is hard to do. It’s been really impressive watching from afar.”
In the exhibition match, Barty and Casey Dellacqua beat the pairing of Andrea Petkovic and Magdalena Rybarikova.
“I love tennis. I love being here. I love being involved,” Barty said. “Now, I just get to pick and choose in small doses, which is really nice.”
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