The 22-year-old Canadian, who won at Florence last weekend,
stretched his winning run to eight straight matches. Six of those victories
came in straight sets.
“It’s another great week. I played some great tennis and
really fought hard to stand here in front of you today, so big shout-out and
thank you to my team,” Auger-Aliassime said during the trophy ceremony.
Auger-Aliassime also won at Rotterdam this year and now has
three career titles. He lost his first eight finals but has since claimed three
wins in the last four – all in straight sets.
Korda had been bidding for his second title after winning at
Parma last year. The 22-year-old American also lost to Andrey Rublev in the
Gijon final last week.
“Back-to-back finals is a great achievement,” Korda said.
“Unfortunately, we couldn’t get it done today, but we’ll be back in the next
coming weeks.” -AP
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