Felix Auger Aliassime ousts Thiago Moura Monteiro 6-3 6-77 7-66 7-66 in the 1st round in New York on Tuesday. Auger-Aliassime will face Andy Murray in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Auger-Aliassime grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) prior to finally winning the set (6-3).

Auger-Aliassime converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Canadian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 52 points. The Canadian conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Thiago (30-22). Felix surrendered 7 points on serve (20-7). on the other side of the net, the Brazilian conceded 10 points on serve (15-10).

Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Finally, Moura Monteiro won a thrilling breaker 9-7 after a huge fight with 16 points played.

Tiebreak

Moura Monteiro won 7 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 6th (4-2), 10th (5-5), 14th (7-7), 15th (8-7) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, Felix won 3 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3), 8th (4-4) and 12th (6-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Moura Monteiro saved 1 set point when he was trailing 5-6. Also, on the other side, Thiago didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 74 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Moura Monteiro won just 2 more points than Auger-Aliassime (38-36). Thiago surrendered 7 points on serve (29-7). On the losing side, the Canadian conceded 9 points on serve (29-9).

Likewise, through the set, both players on each side were too good on serve and the affair had to be decided only at the breaker. Eventually, Auger-Aliassime won a thrilling breaker 8-6 after a huge fight with 14 points played.

Tiebreak

Felix won 2 minibreaks in the 10th (5-5) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Thiago won a minibreak in the 9th (5-4) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Felix saved 2 set points when he was 4-5 and 5-6 down. Moreover, on the other side, Auger-Aliassime didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 75 points. It’s worth to point out that, Felix won this set even if he scored less points 3 than Moura Monteiro (36-39). Felix dropped 10 points on serve (32-10). on the other side of the court, Thiago conceded 4 points on serve (29-4).

Also throughout the set, the affair went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, Auger-Aliassime won a thrilling breaker 8-6 after a huge fight with 14 points played.

Tiebreak

Auger-Aliassime won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 9th (4-5), 12th (6-6), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, the Brazilian won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (4-2) and 10th (6-4) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 3-5, 4-5, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-c

Felix was unable to convert any of the 5 conquered break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40 and 40-A). The Canadian saved 4 set points when he was 3-5, 4-5, 4-6 and 5-6 down. Also, on the other side, the Brazilian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40).

They played 92 points. This set was so close that, The Canadian won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. The Canadian lost 14 points on serve (29-14). In addition, on the other side, Moura Monteiro conceded 17 points on serve (32-17).

Felix will add to his prize money $ 39,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 100,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Auger-Aliassime will add $ 63,000 to his earnings to earn $ 163,000 in total.

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After this encounter, the head to head between Auger-Aliassime and Moura Monteiro is 1-0 for Felix.

Highlights Felix Auger Aliassime vs. Thiago Moura Monteiro U.S. Open – New York

Draw and next match H2H: Felix Auger Aliassime vs. Andy Murray – stats

Auger-Aliassime will take on Murray in the 2nd round.

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

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