{"id":501090,"date":"2026-02-26T15:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/501090\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T15:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:52:08","slug":"montreals-auger-aliassime-rolls-into-dubai-semifinals-sets-up-medvedev-clash-nanaimonewsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/501090\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal\u2019s Auger-Aliassime rolls into Dubai semifinals, sets up Medvedev clash | NanaimoNewsNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1772121128_476_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tFeb 26, 2026 | 6:41 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>DUBAI \u2014 F\u00e9lix Auger-Aliassime powered his way into the semifinals of the Dubai Tennis Championships with a dominant serving display Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The top seed from Montreal hammered 16 aces and won 83 per cent of his first-serve points in a 6-3, 7-6 (2) win over eighth-seeded Jiri Lehecka of Czechia.<\/p>\n<p>Auger-Aliassime broke Lehecka twice and controlled the second-set tiebreak to seal the straight-set victory.<\/p>\n<p>The win lifts his season record to 12-3, which includes a title in Montpellier and a runner-up finish in Rotterdam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By The Canadian Press Feb 26, 2026 | 6:41 AM DUBAI \u2014 F\u00e9lix Auger-Aliassime powered his way into&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501091,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[879,49,48,2467,2338,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,2464,2465,2466,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-501090","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-montreal","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-central-vancouver-island","12":"tag-montreal","13":"tag-nanaimo","14":"tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","15":"tag-nanaimo-news","16":"tag-nanaimo-news-now","17":"tag-nanaimonewsnow","18":"tag-news","19":"tag-oceanside","20":"tag-parksville","21":"tag-qualicum","22":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}