Open Occitanie—Montpellier, France

Saturday’s action at the Open Occitanie in Montpellier, France featured No. 2 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime reach the finals, defeating Jesper de Jong 6-4, 7-6(4).

Known as one of the best indoor players in the world, Auger-Aliassime used his experience to hit 12 aces, win 74 percent of his first serve points, and break his Dutch opponent on two occasions.

Losing his serve once during the two hour and three minute contest, Auger-Aliassime will next face either top seed Andrey Rublev or American Aleksandar Kovacevic in Sunday’s final.

Rublev advanced to the semifinals when Nikoloz Basilashvili retired trailing 5-2 in the first set, and Kovacevic reached the final four after he posted an impressive 6-3, 6-2 victory over defending champion and No. 4 seed Alexander Bublik.

Auger-Aliassime will be aiming for his seventh career title and second of the season on Sunday.

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Singapore Tennis Open— Singapore, Singapore

Top seed Anna Kalinskaya was forced to retire from her semifinal encounter at the Singapore Tennis Open on Saturday in Singapore, stopping her match at 6-7(2), 0-1 to Ann Li from the United States.

Sustaining an injury to her right thigh, Kalinskaya was forced end the contest and award her opponent the victory.

Li, who owns one career title, will next face No. 2 seed Elise Mertens in Sunday’s final. Mertens ousted No. 4 seed Xinyu Wang 6-3, 6-4 in comfortable fashion.

Mertens, who is a veteran on Tour, will look to win her ninth title on Sunday.

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Upper Austria Ladies Linz—Linz, Austria

No. 5 seed Dayana Yastremska raced into the finals of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz event in Austria on Saturday, defeating No. 8 seed Clara Tauson 6-1, 6-4.

Needing one hour and 48 minutes to seal her victory, Yastremska hit six aces, won 73 percent of her first serve points and broke serve on three occasions.

The Ukrainian will next face No. 4 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova, who upset top seed Karolina Muchova 6-0, 6-4.

Alexandrova, also a Tour veteran, will be looking to claim her fifth career title on Sunday.

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