Felix Auger-Aliassime survives Mikael Ymer 6-7(6) 6-4 7-6(6) in the 2nd round in Paris on Wednesday after winning a huge battle. The epic lasted 3 hours and 30 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Felix added to his prize money € 33,795 after winning this match. He has won already € 72,865 after this win. If he wins the next match, Auger-Aliassime will add € 63,360 to his earnings to get in total € 136,225 in total.
Highlights Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Mikael Ymer Rolex Paris Masters – Paris
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
3h:30
At the end of the match, Auger-Aliassime scored 131 points vs. the Swede’s 124.
Auger-Aliassime
Auger-Aliassime struck 11 aces and he committed 6 double faults. The Canadian didn’t lose the concentration in converting 80% of the break points that he conquered (4/5).
Ymer
On the other side, Ymer was not so effective in converting his break points (only 18% – 3/17). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Auger-Aliassime and Ymer is 2-0 for Felix.
Live score progression and stats
Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Finally, Mikael won a thrilling breaker 8-6 after a huge fight with 14 points played.
Tiebreak
The Swede won 6 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 5th (3-2), 8th (5-3), 12th (6-6), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Felix won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 7th (3-4) and 10th (5-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
Mikael was on the money in converting all his break points in the 0th (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Felix wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10th game (5-4 30-40).
They played 97 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Ymer won just 3 more points than the Canadian (50-47). The Swede surrendered 11 points on serve (30-11). On the losing side, Felix conceded 20 points on serve (36-20).
Auger-Aliassime clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Felix broke back in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game to conquer the set 6-4.
Mikael had no answers in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-4 to 6-4.
Auger-Aliassime was perfect in converting all his break points in the 6th (2-4 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40). On the other side, Mikael converted 12% of his break points (1/8). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 4th (2-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (4-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 77 points. Felix conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Ymer (42-35). The Canadian surrendered 20 points on serve (27-20). On the losing side, Ymer conceded 15 points on serve (15-15).
Auger-Aliassime conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Mikael Ymer in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Canadian to win the set as the Swede found the way to break back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (4-4) game. The Canadian kept his cool before winning the set at the breaker at 6.
Tiebreak
Felix won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 5th (3-2), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Mikael won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0) and 7th (3-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
Felix was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 0-40). The Canadian saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. On the other side, Ymer converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had his opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 0-40 and 15-40).
They played 80 points. The Canadian was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than Mikael (42-38). Felix dropped 16 points on serve (24-16). On the losing side, Mikael conceded 18 points on serve (22-18).
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