Félix Auger-Aliassime is not experiencing one of the best moments of his career. The Canadian tennis player has yet to win his first ATP tournament and in early 2021 he lost his seventh final of his career on the big circuit to the ATP 250 Melbourne 2 tournament.
To better manage the delicate moments of the matches and make important improvements to his game, Auger-Aliassime has decided to trust Toni Nadal and add an important figure to his team. The collaboration between the two began during the clay court season, so it is still difficult to judge this new path.
The 2000-born tennis player is competing this week in the ATP 250 tournament in Stuttgart, his first on grass, and reached the semi-finals by beating Lloyd Harris and Ugo Humbert.
Auger-Aliassime: remember the 2019 Wimbledon final
At the start, the Canadian has thrown two match points on serve before closing the tie-break of the match in the second set.
At a press conference, analyzing his performance, he recalled the final of the 133rd edition of the Championship, when Novak Djokovic managed to cancel two match points for Roger Federer. “It is not usually used for the game with two match points in favor and both are lost,” said the current number 21 of the ATP ranking.
“But I remembered the final two years ago at Wimbledon and I thought, ‘If it happened to a tennis player like Roger Federer, it can happen to me too, but I can try to find a way to win anyway.
We are human beings and it is normal that sometimes the tension rises when they call us to close a match. It was difficult to rearrange everything at 5-4, find ways to level up again and win the second set.
But I think I did a great job. I am happy with how the game ended. I think the most important thing is to win the last point of the match, and I did it. I played a very good tie-break and then I can be satisfied. Now I have the opportunity to fight for victory in this tournament again ”.
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