Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime (6), who had to come from behind in his first two matches at the Australian Open, avoided complications in the third round and beat Argentine Francisco Cerundolo (28) 6-1, 3-6, 6- 1 and 6-4, in a match played at the John Cain Arena.
“I’ve had a great start compared to the first two and that’s better. In the second set I was playing a little tense and he was going more for his tennis, so all the credit to him”, argued the Toni Nadal’s pupilwho did not travel to Australia with the player.
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The Canadian’s potential shone in a brilliant startthat overwhelmed his rival after establishing a 5-0 lead, which contrasted with his poor starts against his compatriot Vasek Pospisil and the Slovakian Alex Molcan in the previous rounds.
Winning in tennis is all about knowing when to raise your level – and that’s exactly how Félix Auger-Aliassime was able to come through in yesterday’s #AusOpen 2nd round. ?
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“I am very happy with how I am turning things around and my last two sets have probably been the best so far in the tournament”, added an Auger-Aliassime that He will face the Czech Jiri Lehecka in the round of 16.
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The Canadian reached the quarterfinal round in the last edition. He fell against the Russian Daniil Medvedev (7)then finalist, after letting a match point slip away.
Felix Auger-Aliassime is NOT happy with the quality of the balls… ?
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The same match could be repeated in a hypothetical round of semifinals.
His rival, the Czech Lehecka, surprised the British Cameron Norrie (11) by winning 6-7(8), 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 and 6-4 after a hard fight that lasted until three hours and twelve minutes.
Lehecka landed 51 winners that contrasted with 31 for a Norrie that he did not find solutions and fell short with his conservative proposal from the bottom of the track.
