Tenacious Felix Auger-Aliassime survives Herbert in the 2nd round after saving 3 MPs. HIGHLIGHTS

Felix Auger Aliassime survives Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-0 6-7⁶ 7-6⁹ in the 2^nd round in Marseille on Thursday after conquering a huge battle. Auger-Aliassime will play against Egor Gerasimov in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

This was a one way set after the Canadian conceded no games to Pierre-Hugues before winning the set 6-0.

2^nd set.

Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Eventually, the French Player won the tiebreak at 6.

3^rd set.

Also in this set, the affair went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, Felix won the tiebreak at 9. This tiebreak was a huge drama as Felix had to save 3 match points.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Auger-Aliassime scored 118 points vs. Herbert’s 94 points.

The Canadian served extremely well to win 85% of the points (56/66) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (17/27) on his second serve. Felix struck 16 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Auger-Aliassime won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 43% (3/7). On the other side, Pierre-Hugues wasn’t able to conquer any break point. That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Auger-Aliassime and Herbert is 1-1.

Highlights Felix Auger Aliassime vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert Open 13 Provence – Marseille

Next Match H2H: Felix Auger Aliassime vs. Egor Gerasimov – stats

Auger-Aliassime will play Gerasimov in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Felix Auger Aliassime and Egor Gerasimov since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Marseille

• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Marin CilicCilic (6-4 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-0 6-7⁶ 7-6⁹) – See score progression
• Gilles SimonSimon – Aljaz BedeneBedene (7-6⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Egor GerasimovGerasimov – David GoffinGoffin (6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Jannik SinnerSinner (1-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Vasek PospisilPospisil – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Mikael YmerYmer (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexander BublikBublik – Benoit PairePaire (3-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Vasek PospisilPospisil – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-0) – See H2H details
• Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-0) – See H2H details
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Gilles SimonSimon (0-2) – See H2H details
• Alexander BublikBublik – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-0) – See H2H details