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MADRID — Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the quarterfinals of the Madrid Open Masters-level tennis tournament Tuesday with an impressive 6-4, 7-5 win over fifth seed Casper Ruud of Norway.

Auger-Aliassime won 78 per cent of first serve points and broke Ruud three times on eight changes, giving only one of those breaks back.

The Canadian picked up a crucial break to go up 6-5 in the second set when his backhand on break point led to a Ruud forced error. 

Serving for the match...