The semi finals are on the menu today at the ATP 250 Open Occitanie in the French city of Montpellier. Felix Auger-Aliassime has had a great start to the season and he is facing the Dutch sensation Jesper De Jong. The top seed of the event, Andrej Rublev, will square off with the American qualifier, Aleksandar Kovacevic.
The 24 year old Jesper De Jong took out his compatriot, Tallon Griekspoor, in the QF. De Jong won the match in two straight sets. It has been great week for De Jong with nice wins versus Halys in the round of 32 and Flavio Cobolli in the second round. Jesper has still not lost a set in Montpellier. De Jong is currently ranked at the 131st position. This is the first match ever between De Jong and Felix.
The 24 year old Canadian has had an great start to the season by winning the title at the ATP 250 Adelaide International, just before the Australian Open started. That was his 6th title on the ATP Tour. Felix lost in the second round in Melbourne. Felix is the second seed in Montpellier and had a bye in the opening round. In the second round Auger-Aliassime got the better of Cazaux in straight sets. Felix has played nine official matches in 2025 and won seven of them.
The Manhattan born Kovacevic took out the defending champion, Bublik, in the QF yesterday, The qualifier has had an awesome week so far in Montpellier. Kovacevic defeated Bublik in straight sets (6-2, 6-3) and could potentially be playing some of his best tennis right now. Aleksandar took out Goffin in the round of 32 and Bellucci in the round of 16. Kovacevic has only lost one set so far at the Open Occitanie (to Goffin). Aleksandar is ranked at the 103rd spot in the world.
The top seed of the event, Rublev, faced Basilashvili in the QF. Rublev was up 5-2 in the first set when Basilashvili decided to retire the match. The Russian had a bye in the first round and defeated Eubanks in the round of 16 in two sets. Rublev is ranked at the 10th spot in the world. The 27 year old took a late wild card to the event in Montpellier. Andrej’s start to the 2025 season has not been good so far. Rublev went out in the the opening round of the Australian Open and in Hong Kong. The win over Eubanks was his first of the season. This Is the first matchup ever between Kovacevic and Rublev.
DE JONG VS AUGER-ALIASSIME
1.98
TOTAL GAMES AUGER - UNDER 12.5
RUBLEV VS KOVACEVIC
1.91
KOVACEVIC TO WIN A SET - YES