Felix Auger Aliassime conquers Steve Johnson 6-4 7-6(3) in the quarter in Los Cabos on Thursday. Auger-Aliassime will try to keep the momentum against Cameron Norrie in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 49 minutes.
Highlights Felix Auger Aliassime vs. Steve Johnson Abierto de Tenis Mifel – Los Cabos
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Canadian scored 81 points vs. Johnson’s 63.
Auger-Aliassime
Auger-Aliassime served exceptionally well to win 97% of the points (33/34) behind his first serve, and he won 70% points (16/23) on his second serve. The Canadian fired 17 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Felix won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points after he converted only 13% (1/8) of the procured opportunities.
Johnson
On the other side, Steve wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Auger-Aliassime and Johnson is 2-0 for Felix.
Draw and next match H2H: Felix Auger Aliassime vs. Cameron Norrie – stats
Auger-Aliassime will face Norrie in the semifinal.
This will be the 5th time that Felix Auger Aliassime and Cameron Norrie square off. The head to head is 4-0 for Auger-Aliassime (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Auger-Aliassime won 7-5 7-64 in the quarter in Rotterdam back in February 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Auger-Aliassime conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Steve Johnson in the 1st game (1-0). That break was crucial for Felix to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Auger-Aliassime was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 40-A). On the other side, Auger-Aliassime didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 54 points. The Canadian won 10 points more than Johnson (32-22). Felix was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (20-2). on the other side of the court, Steve conceded 12 points on serve (20-12).
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Finally, Felix won the tiebreak at 7-3.
Tiebreak
The Canadian won 3 minibreaks in the 8th (5-3), 9th (6-3) and 10th (7-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
Felix was unable to convert any of the 7 conquered break points. He had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (3-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Auger-Aliassime didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 90 points. Auger-Aliassime conquered the set after winning 8 points more than the American (49-41). Felix conceded 6 points on serve (28-6). on the other side of the court, Steve conceded 21 points on serve (35-21).
Tennis Scores in Los Cabos
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Steve JohnsonJohnson (6-4 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-3 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Ricardas BerankisBerankis (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-4) – H2H details and stats
