Auger-Aliassime

BASEL, Switzerland — Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime is on to the quarterfinals of the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament.

The third-seeded Montreal native dispatched Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic 6-1, 6-0 at the hardcourt event on Thursday.

“It’s tough to play better than that, from my part,” Auger-Alassime said in his on-court interview. “For sure the best match I’ve played in my whole life — not my career, since I’m a little kid.”

Auger-Aliassime improved to 2-2 over the course of his career against the world No. 28 Kecmanovic.

The Canadian will face Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik in the quarters on Friday.

Auger-Aliassime’s serve was dominant on Thursday, earning him 10 aces to Kecmanovic’s none.

He also won 92 per cent of his first serves and had a 60 per cent success rate on his second serves.