Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime overcame six match points to defeat Tommy Paul 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6) in fourth-round action Tuesday at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif.
Auger-Aliassime, the eighth seed, advanced to the quarter-finals of the Masters-level event for the first time.
Elimination looked certain for the Canadian when Paul held for a 6-5 lead in the third set and then had triple break point in the next game.
Auger-Aliassime rallied, however, firing five straight points, including an ace to win the 12th game and send the set to a tiebreaker.
Paul took a commanding 6-3 lead in the extra session, but
