Unstoppable Auger-Aliassime blitzes Duckworth in the 2nd round of the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Auger-Aliassime too good for Duckworth to play Denis Shapovalov in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Felix Auger Aliassime vs. James Duckworth

Felix Auger Aliassime blitzes James Duckworth 6-4 6-1 6-2 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Wednesday after playing a solid match to deal with Denis Shapovalov in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. Before best he could do in the past was reaching in the 1st round in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Auger-Aliassime's Record

The Canadian added to his prize money $ 65,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 215,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Canadian will add $ 105,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 320,000 in total.

Highlights Felix Auger Aliassime vs. James Duckworth Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

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At the end of the match, the Canadian scored 84 points vs. the Australian’s 59.

Auger-Aliassime

Auger-Aliassime served pretty well to win 81% of the points (35/43) behind his first serve, and he won 58% points (15/26) on his second serve. The Canadian struck 19 aces and he committed 3 double faults. The Canadian didn’t lose the focus when converting 60% of the break points that he conquered (6/10).

Duckworth

On the other side, the Australian wasn’t able to conquer any break point. However, Auger-Aliassime was just to good and Duckworth had no opportunity to win this match.

After this match, the head to head between Auger-Aliassime and Duckworth is 2-1 for Felix.

Draw and next match H2H: Felix Auger Aliassime vs. Denis Shapovalov – stats

Auger-Aliassime will compete against Shapovalov in the 3rd round.

This will be the 5th time that Felix Auger Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov clash against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Shapovalov (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Shapovalov won 6-1 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in New York back in 2019.

Felix Auger Aliassime Draw info

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The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Auger-Aliassime clinched in the 5th game (3-2) prior to finally conquering the set (6-4).

The Canadian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Auger-Aliassime didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 58 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Auger-Aliassime won just 2 points more than James (30-28). The Canadian surrendered 9 points on serve (21-9). Regarding the other side of the net, the Australian conceded 9 points on serve (19-9).

Auger-Aliassime commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Shapovalov in the 1st game (1-0). The Canadian managed to strengthen his lead after breaking James in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.

James was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-1 to 6-1.

They contested 39 points. The Canadian was the one to win the set after conquering 13 points more than James (26-13). Felix dropped 5 points on serve (12-5). On the other side, the Australian conceded 14 points on serve (8-14).

The Canadian in this set was much more effective than James and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking James in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

The Australian was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.

The Canadian was spot on in converting all his break points in the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, Felix didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 46 points. The Canadian was the winner of the set after clinching 12 more points than James (29-17). Felix conceded 5 points on serve (17-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Duckworth conceded 12 points on serve (12-12).

 

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