Felix Auger-Aliassime is having an outstanding end of his season after winning 3 tournaments, defeating Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune before claiming Rafael Nadal’s scalp. Felix is using the services of Toni Nadal, Rafa’s uncle, to improve his tennis. During a recent interview, Uncle Toni explained what helped the young Canadian to improve his results. Toni has always said that Felix is an extremely committed tennis player with the potential to become the world number 1. After losing in straight sets at the US Open to Draper, Toni had a blunt discussion with Felix saying that he had to put more focus on improving the reliability of his backhand.
“In New York, I told him he can’t hope to be a Top 5 player with that backhand because it failed him too often and he had to improve it. Since then, he has had some very good months, beating Alcaraz, Djokovic, Rune,” revealed Toni. Later, Felix even managed to defeat Toni’s nephew in straight sets in his second match of the ATP Finals.
Felix Auger-Aliassime at the ATP Finals
Ranked no.6 (career-high), Auger-Aliassime played his last match on the 15th of November when he overcame world no.2 Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-4 in the round robin in the Nitto ATP Finals (draw). In order to qualify for the semi-finals, Felix need to beat Taylor Fritz on Thursday.
This year the Canadian has managed to achieve a composed 57-26 match record. The Canadian conquered 4 titles in 2022 in Rotterdam, Florence, Antwerp and Basel. The Canadian was the runner-up in Marseille.
Novak Djokovic in 2022
Ranked world no.8, Novak played his last match on the 16th of November when he defeated world no.7 Andrey Rublev 6-4 6-1 in the round robin in the Nitto ATP Finals (draw).
This year Novak has achieved a composed 39-7 match record. Djokovic has won 4 titles in 2022 in Rome, Wimbledon, Tel Aviv and Astana. Novak got to the final in Belgrade and in Paris.
Felix Auger-Aliassime and Novak Djokovic fought against each other just on 2 occasions. Their head to head is 1-1
. The last time they locked horns, Felix Auger-Aliassime won 6-3 7-6(3) in the round robin in London (Laver Cup) on the 25th of September 2022.Carlos Alcaraz in 2022
Now ranked no.1, the Spaniard played his last match on the 4th of November when he had to retire when playing against world no.10 Holger Rune in the quarter and the scoreline was 6-3 6-6 .
This season the Spaniard has a 57-13 record. Carlos conquered 5 titles in 2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Miami, Barcelona, Madrid and U.S. Open. The Spaniard was the finalist in Hamburg and in Umag.
Holger Rune in 2022
Currently the world no.10 (career-high), Holger played his last match on the 6th of November when he beat world no.8 Novak Djokovic 3-6 6-3 7-5 in the final in Paris to win his 3rd career title.
During this season the Dane has a 50-27 match record. Holger conquered 4 titles in 2022 in the Sanremo Challenger, Munich, Stockholm and Paris. The Dane was the runner-up in Sofia and in Basel.
Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune played each other twice. The head to head is 1-1. The last time they played, Holger Rune won 6-3 6-6 ret. in the quarter in Paris (Rolex Paris Masters) on the 4th of November 2022.
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